Just got back from a two week trip in Alaska and did a one day Halibut charter out of Ninilchik. Highly recommend Ninilchik Saltwater Charters if you're ever up that way. It's end of season now, but they were great.
Everyone on the boat brought back their two-fish limit and the wife and I released at least another 15 apiece. She was the official "Cod queen" on the trip and I was shocked to see them cut 'em up for bait rather than hold on to 'em. We also hauled in several really large Skates and, man, was that a work out!
My biggest halibut was a 67 pounder and we ended up shipping 72 pounds of filets home. Since we had another week on our vacation, they even held the fish and delayed shipping so they wouldn't beat us home.
Just FYI - Some parts of Alaska are already under a really restrictive one fish under 37 inches limit for Halibut for sport fisherman and legislation under consideration will further restrict the rest of the state to this same limit unless you "lease back" a fish from the commercial fisheries. So if you're interested in going, I'd advise making it next season or write your legislators now.
Everyone on the boat brought back their two-fish limit and the wife and I released at least another 15 apiece. She was the official "Cod queen" on the trip and I was shocked to see them cut 'em up for bait rather than hold on to 'em. We also hauled in several really large Skates and, man, was that a work out!
My biggest halibut was a 67 pounder and we ended up shipping 72 pounds of filets home. Since we had another week on our vacation, they even held the fish and delayed shipping so they wouldn't beat us home.
Just FYI - Some parts of Alaska are already under a really restrictive one fish under 37 inches limit for Halibut for sport fisherman and legislation under consideration will further restrict the rest of the state to this same limit unless you "lease back" a fish from the commercial fisheries. So if you're interested in going, I'd advise making it next season or write your legislators now.