Kodiak Charter Fishing
When compared to other fishing ports around Alaska, Kodiak enjoys the shortest boat rides for the most fish! We seldom get 'weather' days. There is always a direction to travel to find calm waters filled with opportunity! Vast reef systems are what make fishing in Kodiak unique and so very productive. No other port in Alaska offers this combination of rich shallow waters and relative proximity to excellent fishing.
Halibut, Lingcod, Salmon and Rockfish are often all caught on the same reef with multiple species hooked up at the same time. No traveling 4 hrs to the 'halibut' spot to fish for a 1 hour tide change... Boat rides can be fun, but we enjoy FISHING more than boat rides! It’s definitely worth the extra airplane ride to come to Kodiak! Multi-species trips are the normal, and retention limits are seldom not met by our clients.
Kodiak is just a short 45 minute airplane flight on a regular Alaska Airlines 737 connecting flight from Anchorage, a very accessible remote option in Alaska.
Halibut, Lingcod, Salmon and Rockfish are often all caught on the same reef with multiple species hooked up at the same time. No traveling 4 hrs to the 'halibut' spot to fish for a 1 hour tide change... Boat rides can be fun, but we enjoy FISHING more than boat rides! It’s definitely worth the extra airplane ride to come to Kodiak! Multi-species trips are the normal, and retention limits are seldom not met by our clients.
Kodiak is just a short 45 minute airplane flight on a regular Alaska Airlines 737 connecting flight from Anchorage, a very accessible remote option in Alaska.
Wildlife sightings are expected and common.
Whales, Otters, Sea Lions and Puffins are frequently viewed on trips throughout the season!
Whales, Otters, Sea Lions and Puffins are frequently viewed on trips throughout the season!
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Kodiak fishing months
May marks the opening of our King Salmon season in Kodiak. The ice and snow are mostly gone, Steelhead and Dollies are in the streams, Halibut are coming into the shallows to feed. King Salmon prowling the kelp lines in the bays. As May progresses and everything warms up to reasonable temperatures, we hit our stride!
(pictured above a 30+# chinook with deckhand Magnus)
(pictured above a 30+# chinook with deckhand Magnus)
Our typical June is focused on chinook salmon and halibut, with rockfish and pacific cod filling out the lineup daily. June is historically the month that offers kodiak anglers the best chance at a 50+# chinook salmon migrating thru the area. As the month progresses, the chances of sockeye salmon increases, with the last week of June having regular encounters.
July welcomes Lingcod retention and we are the premier charter for this species. We caught our limit 99% of our trips when lingcod were a focal point in the past 6 years. July is quite a variety as the season progresses, we regularly limit on salmon and halibut, add lingcod to the catch and often deck load on pacific cod and rockfish. By the end of July, we are typically seeing quite a few coho salmon in the catch and often switch tactics to maximize the opportunity.
August brings the greatest variety of salmon species with all 5 caught daily for the first couple weeks! Weather is generally the best of the season. The highlight of august is the availability of trophy size fish! Each year we consistently catch several trophy size Halibut, Lingcod and Yelloweye throughout august
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September brings a season of change with cooler temps and inland salmon migration, our ocean salmon catch is chinook and coho, with a multitude of lingcod halibut and rockfish. September consistently is the best month for trophies! The reason being, I’ve spent the entire summer zeroing in on their locations. By the end of September the season has largely concluded and we have caught all the ocean fish for the year!
October is Steelhead and Coho in the streams! Our remote and road system trips are off the charts experiences.
