Fishing in AK???

[wndshr]

trying to get info on a trip to AK....when is the best time to fish in the ANC area this summer...kings, silvers, sockeye and halibut

sorry, i am sick of all the airline talk and had to start an off topic thread! I know there are tons of good fisherman out there flying airplanes for a living!

thx

 

[coolyokeluke]

Define "in the Anchorage area". There are more possibilites over a wider scope of the year if you're able to drive. Otherwise, there's King fishing in Ship Creek around the July timeframe. Ship Creek goes right by downtown. There are quite a few lakes in town that are stocked.

 

[Ted Striker]

Ship Creek is good for local fishing. It's right downtown and easy to get to. Head down towards Kenai for some "combat fishing" on the river. It gets wild sometimes, people stacked shoulder to shoulder. There are charters out of Lake Hood if the crowds aren't your scene. Go down the Richardson Highway to Valdez and take a halibut charter if deep fishing is your deal. Of course Homer will generally have bigger "butts", but the drive to Valdez is spectacular. I wouldn't recommend going any earlier than June 1, but that's just me. Have fun, it's beautiful country.

 

[Instigator]

A big plug for Captain Steve. Had a great time last year in Seward going for halibut.

http://www.profish-n-sea.com/

 

[Formula1]

Regarding fishing in ship creek- the Kings start running in June, Reds in July, Silvers in August.

 

[FL280]

Great place to stay and fish.

http://www.alaskanfishing.com/




http://www.alaskaoutdoorjournal.com/Fishing/fishing.html

 

[hawg2hawk]

Ship Creek is good for local fishing. It's right downtown and easy to get to. Head down towards Kenai for some "combat fishing" on the river. It gets wild sometimes, people stacked shoulder to shoulder. There are charters out of Lake Hood if the crowds aren't your scene. Go down the Richardson Highway to Valdez and take a halibut charter if deep fishing is your deal. Of course Homer will generally have bigger "butts", but the drive to Valdez is spectacular. I wouldn't recommend going any earlier than June 1, but that's just me. Have fun, it's beautiful country.

Coming to Alaska to fish in Ship Creek is like going to Amsterdam and watching porn movies in your hotel room.
I fly floats for a charter outfit in Anchorage. I'd say July-August is about right to hit all the kinds of fishing you mentioned. Let me know when you decide to come up and I'll set you up with some good places to go.

 

[furloboy]

My favorite time has always been August. Silvers are in strong, reds are still good and you might still find a king or two. Anywhere around ANC...or even within a couple of hour drive either direction....stand by to fish with 9 ga-jillion of your closest friends. I'd get a boat or aircraft charter somewhere.

When you talk Alaska...people don't realize that there's only a couple of highways, and that's where everyone is stuck unless they fly or float.

 

[hawg2hawk]

My favorite time has always been August. Silvers are in strong, reds are still good and you might still find a king or two. Anywhere around ANC...or even within a couple of hour drive either direction....stand by to fish with 9 ga-jillion of your closest friends. I'd get a boat or aircraft charter somewhere.

When you talk Alaska...people don't realize that there's only a couple of highways, and that's where everyone is stuck unless they fly or float.

It took me two summers up here to learn that.

 

[HMR]

I once lugged all of my gear to a pristine mountain lake a few hours outside of ANC. I wanted to get away from the combat fishing. After an hour or so of casting everything in my tacklebox to no avail, a local hikes by and says: "HEY, this is a sterile lake...freezes solid in the winter. You knew that, right?"