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Ketchikan Spring Fishing Update: Gearing Up for King Salmon Season!

It’s been a great spring so far! Halibut, cod, rockfish, lingcod, steelhead, crab, shrimp, squid and plenty of wildlife to see along the way. Found where there’s a healthy biomass of bottom fish and also places they aren’t which is almost as important. Now that we have them patterned it’s time to look forward to king salmon opening for retention on June 1st! I can’t wait to chase the kings! The 2025 Ketchikan fishing season is about to be in full swing!

Promising Start to the 2024 Fishing Season in Ketchikan!

The salmon and halibut fishing in Ketchikan has started out great! We’ve been out scouting and making sure the fish are where they should be, we have found some area with very productive bottoms, lots of halibut and pacific cod, even a few black cod as well. Salmon fishing in Ketchikan opened on June 1st, we went out and found one on the first pass and it continued from there. Fishing in Ketchikan is looking great for the 2024 season!

Things are Looking Great!

Got the boat in the water yesterday and headed right out to start scouting for halibut. The first place we anchored up was just like it’s supposed to be this time of year. Picked up 4 perfect sized halibut quickly and then jigged up a couple rock fish on the way back to the dock. Took the family out today for a couple of hours to check another halibut hole and had to move once to get on the fish but the move paid off and we found some nice halibut and a few more rockfish. It pays off to do some pre season scouting to make sure we are on top of the fish before clients show up! The 2022 fishing season is about to kick off here in Ketchikan and things are looking great!

September Cohos

The fall cohos that return to the streams around Ketchikan in august and September are some of the biggest in the world. They are a hard fighting acrobatic salmon. They average 8-20 pounds with many in the high teens! Halibut fishing is still great in august and September. If you’re looking to catch a trophy sized coho (silver) august and September is the time to plan a fishing trip to Ketchikan Alaska!

Peak of the best Silver fall silver fishing in Alaska

The second half of august through september in Ketchikan is the peak of the best silver fall silver fishing in Alaska. The silvers (coho) salmon in September are some of the biggest in the world with lots of fish over the 15 pound mark and a handful a year pushing 20 pounds. They are hard fighting acrobatic fish. The halibut fishing is also still great this time of year. If you’re looking for big hard fighting silvers august and September is the time to come fishing in Ketchikan Alaska!

Who’s ready for the 2022 fishing season?!?

Who’s ready for the 2022 fishing season?!? We sure are!! It’s been a long winter and I’m ready to get back out there chasing king salmon and halibut out of Ketchikan Alaska!! The forecasts and abundance indexes look amazing for 2022 Ketchikan Alaska fishing season!! Time slots are limited for the season so if you want to come on an adventure I suggest making a move very soon!

Season in Full Swing

The 2021 Ketchikan fishing season is in full swing and looking great! June 1st is the king salmon opener in Ketchikan and we can’t wait. The boat got a makeover this spring outfitted with top of the line Honda outboards, this power package will keep us chasing down and finding the schools of salmon, halibut, lingcod, rockfish, etc. the inside of the boat from the back deck to the bow got a new paint job and new flooring really cleaning things up! We can’t wait to see all of our pre booked clients and hope to hear from more soon! August and September still have a few time slots left so give us a call and let’s put together a vacation fishing package just for you and your group!

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Getting ready for the Ketchikan Alaska Fishing Season

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!