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Title: Another Alaska trip is in the books!
Post by: dvolmer on July 28, 2024, 09:43:19 PM: Spent a great week on the tip of Prince of Whales Island with my 24 year old son and my three fishing and hunting buddies. Lots of big halibut and got into some good ling's. My one buddy is an alaskan resident. Salmon are late this year so we didn't focus on them. Will do Salmon when I go back the last week of August. And yes, the big yellow-eye went back down after the picture. Nothing like Alaska!!! One of my many happy places.
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Post by: dvolmer on July 28, 2024, 09:47:23 PM: More
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Post by: dvolmer on July 28, 2024, 09:50:18 PM: A few more….
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Post by: Taco280AI on July 28, 2024, 09:52:18 PM: Looks like a great trip with some good meals ahead :tup:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on July 28, 2024, 10:03:52 PM: Nicely done.👍
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on July 28, 2024, 10:13:26 PM: POW is amazing! What port did you fish out of? We fish with Wayne out of whale pass and had a great time!
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Post by: bear on July 29, 2024, 07:24:33 AM: My wife and I just got back as well. We were in Craig. Silvers are definitely late this year. On our third day of fishing I convinced my friend to bring us further North to try and find silvers. It worked out well.
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Post by: jstone on July 29, 2024, 07:27:24 AM: Those Ling Cods are so ugly BUT so good.!!
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Post by: 3boys on July 29, 2024, 08:23:20 AM: Nice haul!
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Post by: MADMAX on July 29, 2024, 10:11:45 AM: Very cool
Congrats
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Post by: Snakeriver on July 29, 2024, 12:52:25 PM: I'm headed up to do my annual trip to POW next week. I am also curious to what port you were out of?
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Post by: OutHouse on July 29, 2024, 03:22:39 PM: Looks like a blast and great outfit Volmer!!
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Post by: dvolmer on July 29, 2024, 03:47:27 PM: Port Protection/Point Baker area.
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Post by: Snakeriver on July 29, 2024, 06:28:31 PM: Were you guys specifically targeting Lings, or did you pick them up drifting for Halibut?
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Post by: Gentrys on July 29, 2024, 07:08:07 PM: Looks like a great trip Zonk!
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Post by: Mfowl on July 29, 2024, 07:16:53 PM: Great haul! :tup:
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Post by: Angus on July 29, 2024, 07:25:32 PM: Nice, I spent 22 years guiding for a resort on the westside of POW near Craig, brings back memories.
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Post by: dvolmer on July 31, 2024, 11:36:42 AM: Quote from: Snakeriver on July 29, 2024, 06:28:31 PM
Were you guys specifically targeting Lings, or did you pick them up drifting for Halibut?
we just randomly catch one or two a day while jigging for halibut with big 12 oz skirted jigs with chunks of bait on them. We also catch them on our lighter 5 oz seabass jigs too. Pretty much randomly.
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Post by: dvolmer on July 31, 2024, 11:42:16 AM: We had 5 guys on the boat. Some were Alaska residents. They can keep one ling a day any size. They have really clamped down on non-residents. Two years ago the slot limit Wa 30-45 inches. Last year it went to 30-40 inches. This year they shrunk it down to 30-35 inches. Makes it hard to get a legal ling now for non-residents. Plus you can only keep one a year as non-resident.
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Post by: TeacherMan on July 31, 2024, 03:30:19 PM: Looks like an epic week!
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Post by: bearhunter99 on July 31, 2024, 04:04:50 PM: Nice haul! We are leaving for Valdez on Tuesday - trophy halibut and salmon. Was hoping to visit our buddy in Ketchikan too this year but just can't get the time away. Alaska is amazing!