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Title: Alaska Fishing
Post by old_salt on May 1^st, 2014 at 5:42pm

A few recommendations on books to own and read if Alaska is on your bucket list.

The Milepost. (You need to Login or Register .
Alaska Fishing. Compiled by Rene Limeres & Gunnar Pedersen.
Alaska Fishing on a Budget by Bernard R Rosenberg.
Alaska Pocket Fishing Guide by Rene Limeres.

These are available on amazon or on following website (recommended) (You need to Login or Register .

8-) :thumbup :thumbup

Title: Re: Alaska Fishing
Post by Puckster on May 8^th, 2014 at 2:25am

I went halibut fishing out of Homer at the end of last June. We caught many small halibut, and I had three 15-pounders cleaned and shipped home. Great eating fish!! Catching them was not so much fun. It was like pulling up a 4X8 sheet of 3/4 inch plywood through 120 feet of water, with my line attached to an eyebolt in the middle of the sheet. Damn hard work. I can't imagine how hard it would be to pull up a big one!

But it was great fun, and exciting to see whales swim past our boat as we fished!

Bucket list filled.

puckster

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Title: Re: Alaska Fishing
Post by old_salt on May 8^th, 2014 at 3:29am

Sounds like your charter captain just went to closest chicken patch. Too bad. While I've had a few chickens, the 60+ lbers really put up a nice fight. We've also gotten ling cod, P-cod, rockfish. They all eat good. We have gone out of Seward & Juneau. Alaska is an awesome place! 8-) :thumbup :thumbup

Title: Re: Alaska Fishing
Post by Mad_Mat on May 8^th, 2014 at 12:52pm

did you guys fish the "pond" that they made there in homer for salmon - I did, but didn't catch any - snagged one my accident, that broke the hook off the treble

Title: Re: Alaska Fishing
Post by Puckster on May 8^th, 2014 at 10:23pm

Old Salt wrote on May 8^th, 2014 at 3:29am:

My brothers-in-law didn't want to fish! But humored me by agreeing to a 1/2 day. So we went out to the "chicken field." No time to go further. I still had a blast, and caught some nice cod too!

Next time I go, I'll be bringing empty coolers to fill with salmon and caribou steak!

puckster