Alaska Fishing. Monster Halibut, fishing with Saltwater Safari out of Seward Alaska

[spoungebob29]

Won't fish these any longer if you keep killing each one you catch !

[cusackla]

@spoungebob29 Totally agree Sponge Bob! On our boat we no longer keep fish over 100 lbs. We have come to the realization that we must join together to release these Big Females to protect our resource. The recent attempt to put Charter regulations in place to limit Sport Fisherman to one halibut is counter to protecting our resource.

[cusackla]

@spoungebob29 Alaska would be much better off if the replace the fish limit with a size limit. A person that can only keep one fish would be more likely to keep fishing and try to keep these Big Old Gals. We have even taken it a step further. We keep 50lbs halibut in the freezer and offer to anyone on the boat willing to release a Big Female Halibut.

[Mooseracks]

Hello,

like the video!!!

Hey, is there lots of tide there ??? or are you guys putting the engine in gear when you hook-up...

If I come up to visit, I want to "HAND-LINE" my halibut...this is why I ask...

Saltwater Safari i sthe name of this outfit..??

Cheers

Bern

[cusackla]

Hey 2b. Heck Yes! I have fished that country, but it has been quite some time ago. I almost went to Brooks Camp last summer but I drew to many tags :-)

I found the fishing to be every bit as good as you mention in your comments.

[2b3the1]

Oh, by the way, nice catch!



[2b3the1]

If you don't fly fish you probably won't like it as much as myself, however because the streams flowing in/out of Ilianma are literally unfished, you can cast 10 feet and end up with a 15 pound rainbow on the fly. I think the Nush is somewhere near Bristol Bay, so that may give you a general idea of where it is.

[2b3the1]

Because it is so isolated you see very few people, but essentially year round in that lake and the attatched streams there are White Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Rainbows, Grayling, Sockeyes, (rarely Kings), and I've even heard of people catching Burbot. The Nushagak flows into it and you can charter a plane there from Anchorage if you want to give it a shot.

[2b3the1]

Have you fished along Lake Ilianma? You probably know it's one of the largest lakes in the world, but it has (and I'm not kidding) the biggest freshwater fish you'll ever see. While fishing there with my godfather (a bush pilot) we were trolling in his plane and landed 60 pound pike, and wading into the streams fly fishing, when you cast it into a 3 foot deep bit within seconds a 10-20 pound rainbow would be on the other end, and I'm not kidding.