The “Captain’s Platter” is what we call our combination fishing trips, spending a half-day Alaska halibut fishing and the rest of the day on silver salmon fishing.

Your Alaskan Salmon and Halibut Fishing Trip: A Great Combo

Occasionally there are times when you can catch both salmon and halibut in the same area, but more frequently, we will head to several different fishing areas during your trip. The typical size of the halibut caught on a “combo” is around 20 to 40 pounds. Because of the shorter time we have to focus on halibut in the half-day allotted, you’ll have less opportunity to “weed through” the smaller halibut looking for bigger fish like you’d be able to on a full-day fishing charter. That being said, these younger halibut are often considered better tasting than the larger fish.

Once you’ve caught your halibut, we switch gears and begin targeting silver salmon. We track down schools of salmon and then you’ll “mooch them up” by jigging hooks baited with herring while we “chum” (throw chopped pieces of bait into) the waters around the boat to keep the school nearby and close to the surface. Many times you can actually see the silvers schooling under the boat and watch them as theyattack your bait.

Sometimes the captain may extend your fishing trip an hour or so to help you catch your limit of both species. Please be sure to let the crew know if you have to be back at the dock at a certain time so we don’t pass your cruise ship as we’re traveling in!

During the combination/multi species trips we work to target halibut, lingcod, rockfish, salmon contingent upon availability of each species.

 

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