Alaska Fishing Report Updated June 26, 2007

Halibut

• Halibut fishing was not quite as good as anticipated, despite the good tides.   We still managed to land a fish that tipped the scales at 60lbs.  There were also numerous chickens caught.
• Not many big fish caught this weekend
• The current halibut derby leader is 274.5 – still plenty of time left for the derby fishermen

Salmon

• A few more kings were caught by Valdez anglers trolling at Anderson Bay
• Pinks are jumping throughout the port and the narrows and are just beginning to be caught by sport fishermen
• Billy’s Hole should be showing up with Reds about this time, fish the in coming tide

Other salt water fishing

• Our last stop of the trip yielded lots of pelagic and non pelagic rockfish along with numerous ling cod
• There are quite a few Pacific Cod being caught around the sound.   Pacific Cod are great to eat and also work well as halibut bait.  Put a piece of cod on your hook and then add a hearing.   
• Remember Ling Cod season opens July 1st.

Shellfish

• Shrimping is still good in Valdez and the surrounding bays.
• We hauled in 119 large “spots” off of one pull.
• Shrimping is reported to be excellent at Unakwik