Seward Alaska - King Salmon Charter
Full Day King Salmon Charter
Book with our Secure Reservation Form
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 • 53' Boat
• $Call
for rates and availability*
• Experienced Captain
• Kings are
our specialty
• What to Bring/Wear
• 4
person minimum
* Additional fees may
include 7% tax, $3.50 port fee
and fuel surcharges |
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The Captain of the "Florette C" is Dianne M. Dubuc, lifelong Alaskan and
licensed USCG master. Diane is well known in the Seward area for her
uncanny talent in catching King Salmon and Silvers. She does not fish
for anything else, and fishes for Kings year round. You will not find a
better Captain for this fishery…!
Dianne has
extensive experience
in
many of Alaska's maritime trades including 9 years spent plying Alaska's
waters as a Merchant Marine. She has just upgraded her Standards for
Training,
Certification, and Watch Keeping endorsement as required by the US Coast
Guard for high tonnage licenses.
The STCW is an international convention
designed to insure that mariners holding this rating practice the
highest safety standards. She has fished commercially for halibut,
bottom fish and ran the “Florette C.” as a commercial salmon troll
vessel before shifting her focus to Sportfishing and starting her own
charter business.
Dianne helped pioneer the feeder king fishery in Homer
and now has single-handedly used her extensive knowledge to develop a
viable feeder fishery in Resurrection Bay. She is also a key member of
the Fish Advisory Board for our area. Dianne loves nothing more than
seeing her guests enjoy the feel of a king on the end of their rod and
she will give 100% to see that her guests have the best possible
experience on the absolute best vessel in the fleet. She loves catching
fish more than her guests! |
The vessel you will be fishing on is the F/V Florette C., a 53' x 17'
professional salmon trolling vessel with spacious accommodations for up
to six passengers. The Florette C. utilizes state-of-the-art fish
finding and navigational equipment:
• American Pioneer sonar & bottom sounders
• Nobletec electronic plotting chart system with Northstar GPS
• Furuno 7040D 48 mile ranger radar
• A wide assortment of VHF, CB, & SSB radios
• Furuno weather fax
Our safety gear far exceeds charter industry standards. Upkeep of the
Florette C. is continuous and the vessel is exceptionally clean and
attractive throughout. We have a full bathroom and laundry facilities.
The vessel is well insulated & our guests stay comfortably warm.
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The "Florette C" offers top-of-the-line custom, hand-built rods and
tournament grade tackle for our guests. Fish are bled as soon as they
are caught and immediately placed in slush ice to preserve their fine
quality. Dianne provides free fish cleaning. Fish packaging and freezing
is available from nearby businesses. For your convenience, hunting
licenses, Sportfishing licenses and king salmon stamps are available for
purchase onboard. |
The "Florette C" holds these tournament records:
1999 ~ First Place - Elk's Winter King Salmon Derby
1998 ~ Second
Place - Anchor Point Saltwater King Salmon
Tournament
~ Third Place in
the Silver/King Tournament
1997 ~ Second & Third place - Silver/King Tournament;
~ 8th place
- Winter King Salmon Derby.
1996 ~ Second and Third - Winter King Salmon Derby
~ Third - Anchor Point Saltwater King Salmon Tournament
Alaska salmon thrive in the most pristine environment on earth. Your
fish leaves the water in prime condition. One of our jobs is to make
sure that your fish retains the best possible quality.
Capt. Dianne comes from a commercial fishing background. She knows how
to handle fish and take pride in the way your fish is treated onboard.
She applies stringent quality control standards so your fish will taste
super fresh when you enjoy it at home. Following is how her crew handles
your fish:
 The first step is to remove the fish from the water gently. Once the
fish is landed it is not allowed to hit the deck. Fish flopping on the
deck will cause the meat to bruise. They hit the fish on the head to
dispatch it quickly. They always lift a fish by the head, never the
tail. Lifting or hanging fish by the tail stretches the backbone,
breaking blood vessels along the spine and flesh quality is lost. Beware
of charter companies that photograph fish hanging by the tail!
Next, they make a cut in the gills to insure that the fish bleeds out
sufficiently when it is put into the circulating saltwater bleed out
tank. It is important to get the blood out of a fish as quickly as
possible. This is a critical factor as blood can seep into the
surrounding tissue and form a bruise that cannot be seen until the
salmon is filleted or split.
Once the fish is bled, we rinse the gill area once again to remove any
excess blood. Your fish is then put into a saltwater slush ice tank to
chill rapidly.
Temperature is the single most important factor affecting the
'keeping'
quality of fish. The rate of bacterial growth, and therefore the speed
at which fish spoil, depends on temperature. The lower the temperature,
the slower the process occurs. The rate of bacterial growth and spoilage
can be significantly reduced by keeping fish chilled to temperatures as
close to freezing as possible. Chilled sea
water (CSW) is a type of
cooling system, sometimes referred to as "slush ice,"
 which uses a
mixture of sea water and ice for chilling and holding chilled fish. Our saltwater slush ice chills your fish rapidly to 33 degrees.
THE F/V FLORETTE C. THE ONLY CHARTER VESSEL IN THE SEWARD FLEET
THAT
PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL FISH QUALITY AS STANDARD PROCEDURE.
*Reservations & Refund Policy:
Four person minimum. (*If you have less than four call us
because we may already have a few wanting to go…) When you
book your charter, we require a 50% non-refundable deposit
to hold your dates. Full payment is required 30 days before
the charter. You may pay with personal check, travelers
checks or money orders. We do not take credit cards for this
charter. If you should decide to cancel for whatever reason,
a refund will only be granted if we can rebook your dates.
If your charter is cancelled at the dock due to weather, we
will issue a full refund. Or, if you prefer, we will
reschedule your trip. |
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