Alaska Vacation - Day 3

Day 3 started pretty early, we left the cabin around 5:00 AM. After turning back to look for my fishing license, we arrived in Seward to a drizzling rain. Today's charter was a 10 hour trip, to include fishing for silvers, rockfish, and halibut. After leaving Resurrection Bay, the weather started to clear and we got some awesome vistas. Our first spot was just east of the mouth a small river just east of Resurrection Bay. Just 20 yards or so from the cliff shoreline and we were in 100 feet of water.

Steve with a silver...

Steve caught his limit of 3 silvers before anyone else caught one, so he got to take a seat.

We moved on east to catch some rockfish. Vertical jigging around 30 to 60 feet, it took only 20 minutes for the entire boat (6 people) to reach their 5 fish limit.



Back to silvers, there were still a couple of us to reach our limit. Took a while, but I finally got mine too...


Just in time too, cause the Orcas started moving in. Our skipper tells us they're also here to hunt silvers, and usually scare off the fish from feeding for a while.

After hitting our limit on silvers and rockfish, Captain John took us to a halibut spot a little further east. The bite here was undersized compared to what we've seen at Cook Inlet, but was consistent. One of the last bites of the day was a bit of a surprise, a 40 lb lingcod.

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Catch of the Day. Great job Rick!


Not a bad haul on the day. Here's Rick with his son RJ.



And myself with Steve. There's still a dozen or 2 rockfish NOT in the picture. Banner day!! Next time you're in Seward or Ninilchik, check out AFishunt charters.