Alaska trip ? April 3rd

[fishnutbob]

Going to Alaska April 3rd. will have two or three days lay over in Anchorage, thought about going down to Seward to fish one day anyone done this and do you know of a good charter for Kings or halibut. Did some searching and they fish for them the first of April in Seward Thanks Bob

[walleyefanatic]

I've been up there twice in the past 3 years and I went with a guide out of Ninilchik (The Butt Chaser). Ninilchik's about 45 minutes north of Homer on the cook inlet and Kevin really knows his stuff; we didn't come home with less than 100# of halibut either trip. Don't quote me but you might be a little early for kings though (I think they run sometime around the end of May begining of June). His # is 907-567-1025 and he's not easy to get a hold of but definitely worth the effort. The last time we went out we had 3 boats within a stones throw of us and they managed 4 fish between them; we caught 12 on our boat plus a flounder and 3 Irish Lords (bonus fish).

[Tripleplay]

I'll be in Alaska this June for the third time. I've fished out of Ninilchik for Halibut as well as Homer. This year my brother-in-law has arranged our Halibut charters with a captain that is originally from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. This boat also fishes Kings when they are available but I'm going to guess that April is too early for them but can't say I'm an expert as my trips are always in June.

In June we actually fish kings combat style in the rivers for a full weekend and then add a day or two of Halibut charters to add to the coolers. I'll drop the boat/captain name and web address on here tomorrow and maybe his HSOforum will have some more information regarding the kings. Just remember that the entire boat has to agree to fish for a certain species so if you get on a charter boat that is intending to halibut fish then you'll be doing that--I'd honestly discuss it with whichever company or captain you charter with as he may have another boat or captain that would meet your needs for kings or maybe a combo day trip. (we have the option in June of fishing Halibut on day #1 and if we are really successful switching over to Kings for day #2)

[fishnutbob]

Walleye and Triple, Thanks for your reply, April is early that's why I asked about Seward, it looks like they fish early for both fish, just need to do some calling now, any phone numbers will help. Bob A.