Full Day Fishing And Sightseeing Combination Charters

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Combination Fishing and Sightseeing Charters are often the perfect combination for the family who wants to see the Kenai Fjords National Park, and also wants to do a fishing charter but just doesn’t have time to do both. We take the best of both trips, and package them into one for a memorable Alaskan experience. You’ll have the opportunity to view whales, sea lions, and seabirds up close and at a casual pace on a small, personalized tour with a maximum of six passengers aboard. If you have a larger group than 6, we can also provide bookings for 43 foot boats taking 12 passengers as well. The limited amount of passengers makes for a private and personalized experience for excellent photo opportunities and relaxed fishing. You’ll appreciate the personalized attention when your Captain will stop for photo opportunities and answer your questions about wildlife as we encounter whales, sea lions, bird rookeries, glaciers, and other marine wildlife. Please remember though that the fishing time will be cut down considerably on these types of charters due to the traveling time in sightseeing, so you should not expect to limit out in fish on the fishing and sightseeing combination charters... But what could be better than making a great day out of doing a little of both?

Sightseeing Areas Include the Kenai Fjords National Park and Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge area and will cover the same waters for sightseeing that the various Kenai Fjords Tour boats encounter on their full day tours. We will go to the Chiswell Islands, famous for it’s colorful seabird viewing and the Aialik/Holgate Glacier areas of the lovely Kenai Fjords. On your private cruise, you’ll see active calving glaciers flowing out of the vast Harding Icefield , bird rookeries aflutter with thousands of puffins and beaches covered with barking Stellar sea lions. Whales are almost always seen on this beautiful cruise, as well as seals, Orcas, Dall porpoise, bear, mountain goats, eagles, and other wildlife. Explore the mystical untouched fjords with it’s exciting alpine, piedmont, and tidewater glaciers, cascading waterfalls, steep cliffs, tidewater caves and pristine beaches.

Fishing we will be targeting depends on the Captain but includes halibut, ling cod (in season) and black bass, or we can target salmon (in season).

Pacific Halibut are the most desired and largest fish of Alaska’s sport fisheries, ranging to lengths of 8 feet or longer. They are plentiful in our waters throughout our fishing season of May through September. The record for Alaska is a halibut 440 lbs and 97 ½ inches long. An eleven year old boy caught a 280 pounder with us in 2000.  Last year, our largest halibut caught was a 225 pounder. The halibut usually range in the 20 to 50 lb. Area, although larger fish are not uncommon The limit for halibut is two per person per day. Generally we fish between 100 feet down and 450 feet, with an average of about 300 feet. It takes about an hour and a half to 2 hours to get to the best fishing grounds. We normally drift over our fishing areas, and then pull up, and move back over it and drift again. We don’t believe in anchoring and sitting on one spot all day.

Red snapper (yelloweye Rockfish) are one of the tastiest fish we have, and the limit is one per day. They are generally caught while fishing for halibut and ling cod. As you can see there are a good variety of fish to catch during a halibut charter, and all are delicious to eat.  Last year, our largest snapper caught was 22 pounds!

Ling cod can be kept after July 1st if caught outside of Resurrection Bay waters, and must be at least 35 inches long to keep, and can range up to 60 lbs or so. The limit is one fish per day per person. Our biggest ling cod caught last year was 57 lbs. Lings can be caught at almost any depth but we catch most of them at 50 to 100 feet down. Many people prefer the beautiful white delicate meat of ling cod to halibut.

Black bass are both easy and fun to catch. Fishermen are limited to five black bass per day. These fish average about 4 to 5 pounds but range up to 12 pounds. We normally fish for them using medium weight spinning or bait casting gear, using hoochies and herring or shrimp lures. These fish are great fun for the young kids and big kids alike as they hit fast and furious. Sea bass (black bass) are delicious to eat.

Silver Salmon start their annual return to their fresh water streams in mid July and August. Silver salmon weigh on an average from 8 up to 20 lbs and are a lot of fun to catch. They put up a good fight and it is exciting to watch them when they sometimes leap in the air while reeling them in! Strong runs of pink salmon arrive between mid June through mid September, and there are always feeder king salmon present. All are good eating fish, and all are fun to catch.

Depending upon the weather, tides, location, and time of year, we normally fish for salmon in water depths from a few feet near shore to as much as 90 feet of water offshore. We often use downriggers, weights or divers depend on the depth of the fish. Oftentimes mooching will provide the best results. Usually we troll herring and sometimes lures and we may use flashers. Captain Mike is an avid salmon fisherman and has many knowledgeable and successful fishing techniques that he will share with you. His local lifelong knowledge of our area gives him an edge on finding the right combination of techniques and location for finding salmon and getting them to bite.

Combination Full Day Fishing/Sightseeing Charter

Normal Price is $250 per person
Miller's Landing provides substantial discounts for early bookings! See below!

 

For bookings through February 28th	$215 per person
For bookings through March 31st	$225 per person
For bookings through April 30th	$235 per person
For bookings after April 30th	$245 per person

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