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Ketchikan Fishing Reports



Getting ready for the Ketchikan Alaska Fishing Season

Date: April 15, 2021

Well I took a weekend break to go hike a few rivers chasing spring steelhead. Although the fishing was a little slow the reward of a couple chrome bright steelhead was very worth it. Now I am back to spring boat work and getting ready for the Ketchikan Alaska fishing season. June and July are almost completely booked with only a few days left to fill. I do have a few slots in august and September for kings, silvers, halibut, lingcod, chums, and pinks. This season’s salmon forecasts in Ketchikan look great and we are ready to put a whoopin on some fish!


Fishing Season starts now!

~ Species ~ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
King Salmon - - GOOD GOOD BEST BEST BEST GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD -
Silver Salmon - - - - - - BEST BEST BEST FAIR - -
Pink Salmon - - - - - FAIR BEST BEST - - - -
Chum Salmon - - - - - BEST BEST BEST GOOD - - -
Sockeye - - - - - BEST BEST BEST - - - -
Winter Kings BEST BEST BEST BEST - - - - - - BEST BEST
Halibut - BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST
Crab BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST
Shrimp BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST
Rockfish BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST
Squid GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD
Steelhead GOOD GOOD BEST BEST BEST - - - - GOOD GOOD GOOD