Miller's Landing's Fishing & Sightseeing Charters

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Seward is a fisherman's paradise. Our saltwater fishing charters target world class Halibut, Rockfish, Ling Cod and Silver Salmon along one of Alaska's most beautiful coastlines...Kenai Fjords National Park. Miller’s Landing specializes in six person charters for a more personalized, private, and less competitive fishing experience. We will book a charter with just two persons and will commit to taking them out, even if we don’t fill the other 4 spots on our "six pack" boat. On our full-day charters we often fish until everyone has a chance of his or her limit of halibut or salmon, quite often a 10-12-hour day. We also book most of the other boats in our area, (several that take up to 22 passengers) and have more than one fishing boat going out daily. So if you have a large group, we can often take them out in a twelve party boat, a sixteen pack boat, a twenty-two party boat or two or more six pack boats and still fish the same area together. . We provide all the fishing gear, bait and fish filleting. When you fish with Miller’s Landing Captains, you'll enjoy a day complete with sight seeing and top of the line fishing with an experienced captain a knowledgeable, helpful deckhand who assists you with anything you might need.

Every trip on a Miller’s Landing Charter is a spectacular sightseeing excursion as your captain guides your fishing vessel along the coast of Resurrection Bay into the Gulf of Alaska and through the beautiful Kenai Fjords National Park. We regularly see whales, sea otters, Stellar sea lions, and an incredible variety of sea birds. You’ll see glaciers flowing out of the vast Harding Ice field, bird rookeries alive with thousands of nesting seabirds and rocky islands covered with barking Stellar sea lions.  Humpback Whales are often seen on our fishing charters, as well as seals, Orcas, Dall Porpoise, black bear, mountain goats, eagles, and other wildlife. Explore the mystical untouched fjords, highlighted with alpine, piedmont and tidewater glaciers, cascading waterfalls, tidewater caves and pristine beaches at the same time that we fish for giant halibut or feisty acrobatic silver salmon. . You’ll appreciate your Captain’s knowledge of the best spots for fishing, wildlife and bird viewing. 

   Remember when you fish on a Miller's Landing boat your first night of fish freezing is complimentary!

Join us in the mornings at 6am or in the evenings at 5pm (*Remember it is still daylight!) on the Michael A for some exciting salmon (in season), Black Bass or Rockfish fishing. We take a maximum of ten passengers on this tour. These charters are on our beautiful $450,000 16 passenger vessel the "Michael A" although we only fish ten at a time. The tour is perfect for the person with not enough time for a full day of fishing or you simply don’t want to be out on the water all day but still want to be able to experience the beauty of Alaskan style fishing. Our boat departs daily at 6:00 AM returning about 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM and again in the evening at 5:00 pm returning about 9-9:30 PM. All gear is provided fish cleaning is included (*gratuities are appreciated for fish cleaning) and one night of complimentary fish freezing is included. Your family and children will thoroughly enjoy going out on our 16 passenger water-taxi, catching fish, and sightseeing Resurrection Bay’s wild life and marine animals. The black bass fishing trip is easy to do and a great trip for youngsters.

$130 per person all gear and bait included. Please purchase your fishing license before the departure time

*$7 additional fuel surcharge

Available Fishing or Sightseeing Charters

Once on the fishing grounds, you will have the opportunity to catch some of the best eating fish in the ocean. Your captain will instruct you on the proper method to fish for halibut, ling cod, black bass, or salmon. Your hook will be baited, dropped into the sea and you are ready to catch a fish.

We often move around to different fishing spots or may stay in the same spot all day, depending on the weather and the fishing conditions. Sometimes the captains will drop anchor but generally, they will drift with the current. You will be fishing where the water depth will range from 50 feet to 600 feet, but most likely you will fish in 100 feet to 300 feet of water. When you have arrived back at Miller’s Landing, our Miller’ s Landing boat crew will haul the fish up to the fish cleaning tables where we will hang them up to take pictures of you with your catch, then we will clean and fillet the fish for you. You do not have to touch or carry anything but your personal gear. You are more than welcome to help clean your catch, if you prefer but after seeing the pros at work most decide to watch. Although fish cleaning is complimentary, it is customary to tip the crew whatever seems appropriate for the amount of fish cleaned and time taken to clean them. Please remember your captain and deckhand put in a long day, trying to make your fishing trip the best ever, and many deckhands work for tips.

Our goal is for each person to catch his or her limit of halibut or salmon. Halibut fillet out at about 60 % of their live weight. If you are lucky you may catch one that weighs more than 100 lbs. Now, that’s a lot of fish and chips! Plus you have the added bonus of viewing all the beautiful scenery of the Kenai Fjords and Alaskan wildlife. Does it get any better than this?

After you have your fish filleted, you can arrange to have your fish vacuum packed and frozen, if you like. There are three local processors in town, all of them are good. If you are on one of the Miller's Landing boats we include the first night of fish freezing free of charge. If you are not leaving that day, they can hold your processed fish until you are ready to go home. If you have brought your own coolers, pack the fish into them for the car/plane ride home or have the fish processors pack the fish in insulated boxes. If you are flying home, the least costly way is to use your own coolers and take the fish, vacuum packed and frozen, as baggage on your flight home. Just make sure you wrap the coolers properly so that they do not come open during the trip.  Remember that they may have to be opened and inspected at the airport!! You can take the fish that are packed in insulated boxes as baggage also. If you prefer to ship the fish separately, the fish processors will arrange for them to be shipped via Federal Express or UPS.  The can even time the shipping to arrive after you have returned home.

The Seward Halibut Derby and Seward Salmon Derby are big events in the small town of Seward. Fishermen come from miles around to win cash prizes and merchant prizes.

Halibut Derby: The Halibut Derby runs May 1 through August 1. There is a $15,000 tagged fish as well as many other prizes. There is a winning fish selected each week with a “mystery weight” selected randomly by a computer. Each week there is a different weight. The fish that is closest to the “mystery weight” wins. Altogether there are about $30,000 in prizes to win. Miller’s Landing donates $2500 in prizes alone for this special event. Miller’s Landing will be selling tickets to the Halibut Derby from their campground store.

Silver Salmon Derby: The Seward Silver Salmon Derby runs from the second Saturday in August for 9 days. This is one of the largest sporting events in Alaska. There are more than $250,000 in prizes for the derby, including $10,000 in cash for the largest fish. Miller's Landing is a main sponsor of the Seward Silver Salmon Derby, donating over $2000 in prizes. Tickets may be purchased at the Miller's Landing campground store for this event.

Fishing licenses can be purchased at Miller’s Landing. Children under age 16 do not need to have a fishing license. Military and residents pay $24 annual. For On Line Licensing click HERE

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