Fishing Update / Doc Warners - Alaska Fishing Adventures

Fishing Update
July 2-9, 2011

This week a company chartered the entire lodge and held their corporate retreat with us. This enabled them to enjoy the splendors of the area while focusing on their agenda.

The week began with most guests limiting out on Pink salmon with a few chums and silvers as well. On Tuesday, Skip joined the 100# club at Doc Warner's with his halibut. Other notable catches for the week included 3 Kings, largest was 28 pounds by Rick who is having it mounted, and some Silvers. The largest weighed in at 14 pounds. There are lots of salmon this year! After chasing on salmon the first part of the week, the group shifted their focus to halibut for the rest of the week.

The salmon are so thick that almost any tackle will catch them. Typically guests are using flashers and hoochies; some guests even trolled spinners or cast from the dock. Only one day did the fish show a preference on colors, a green flasher over a blue. On Wednesday multiple boats caught pink salmon on a herring jigs while trying to get fresh bait. One even had a chum landed on a halibut rig, circle hook and all, talk about an ambitious salmon.

Weather this week was a little unpredictable. Each day the weather is posted in the lodge from both the weather from The Weather Channel for Gustavus and the marine forecast from NOAA. This week started by both sources having exact opposite weather forecasts. TWC predicted light winds from the North and NOAA had heavy, stormy winds from the South. We ended up seeing light surface waves from the North and a lazy sea swell from the South. Later in the week the reports lined up and we were blessed with nice seas and partly cloudy days.

Some interesting happenings this week include a one hour fish fight by Gary S. that got away (watch that story grow with time), whales group feeding along Homeshore, and three Bald Eagles fighting a sea lion for his lunch. It was a wonderful week punctuated with great people, spectacular scenery, and super fishing.

See you "reel" soon,
Mark

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