It's pretty safe to say that you won't find many rice cakes on my dinner plate and friends who have ordered at restaurants with me often hear me ask,"How big is it?", or "How much food is there with this?" To keep this big frame moving at A.D.H.D. speed all day long I need to […]
The action on silver salmon is about as good as it gets right now with early morning limits just about every day on coho's from 6 to 13 pounds and multiple hook-ups the norm. We were finding king salmon on the outside of Noyes Island before the winds came and much of our silver action […]
Every time I cook fish there is invariably some leftovers that go in the fridge and no matter how well the Zip Loc bag or Tupperware container is sealed it's nearly impossible to keep the fish from drying out. That fresh-from-the-grill taste is only attainable, well, when it's fresh-from-the-grill. With fishery closures up and down […]
I've been sitting here for the last ten minutes trying to come up with something snappy for a title and it just isn't coming to me. All I could come up with is "Craig, Alaska Report", which will work just fine. Two months of sleep deprivation and long days on the ocean have pretty much eliminated all […]
There have been some enormous king salmon hitting the docks here in Craig this past week with several in the mid 50's and at least two over 60 pounds being boated. That's right…over 60 pounds! One thing about fishing here in Southeast Alaska is that every time you drop the bait over the side it […]
Some call it a "pick", some call it a "grind", some call it "decent" and it all means the same thing. Times like this is when it pays off to know the grounds well and know what areas fish best on what tides. Oh, and a little luck doesn't hurt either! We've bounced all over […]
When we're not mooching for ocean fresh salmon here in Craig, Alaska we're banging the ocean floor for halibut, ling cod, yelloweye, and whatever else happens to climb on. Jigging is by far my favorite technique for catching halibut and bottomfish because it creates a commotion down below that fish can't resist. One of the […]
Last weeks salmon bite was absolutely wide open with great action on both silvers and king salmon. In three days of fishing we landed around 25 kings, 40 plus silvers, and god only knows how many chicken halibut. King salmon were biting at 120 feet, 60 feet, 25 feet, and as the guys were lifting […]
King salmon fishing continues to be decent here in Craig and the silver numbers continue to build here. The begginning of last week we were seeing 6 to 10 cohos a day and now the numbers are double that and we've had two full boat limits hit our dock the last two days. The two […]
Each and every day we're seeing an improvement in the king salmon action here in Craig. The key to success lately has been the "stick and stay" program and we've been sticking to a deep troll lane off of Baker Island that has been producing king salmon all day long. We're mooching in anywhere from 200 […]
