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[ocf]

I am taking a cruise and in the book in bold letters it says ABSOLUTELY NO FISHING OR CRABBING WILL BE ALLOWED OFF THE SHIP

i am truly sad about

[PierBridge]

That's ok once you get to shore you may be able to get a few cast in........ where are you headed and where are the stops???????

[ocf]

jeanau, sitka, and ketchican i think im gonna rent a fly rod and teach myself to flyfish or maybe not

[cold one sd]

No one will notice you at 2 am on the stern with yer trollin rod except the other guys with the same idea. Casting off of the bow may get you noticed though. Have a fun cruise. I'm gettin jealous.

[ocf]

Ya its kinda like gosh darnit ive heard of people actually trolling for whales off the back of a cruise ship

[cold one sd]

Yah sure, but I never heard of no one ketchin any of dem tings.

[Norsky]

I took a cruise up to Alaska last summer and found a small pond that a small stream runs through in Sitka that you can shore fish. There were hundreds of pink and chum salmon in there that would willingly hit a spoon. I had brought with a pack rod and some tackle with me, and it worked great. The pond is located near the railroad tracks behind the marina there. There are also some great flyfishing lakes if you can handle the hike up the side of the mountain, about 2-3 miles. Just watch out for bears, not kidding. You can pick up a fishing license in town at the hardware store on mainstreet. I wish I could have spent more time there, it was a fun town.

[ocf]

do you know where you can rent poles?

[Norsky]

You might be able to rent some gear at the hardware/tackle shop. I just have one of the cheaper ugly stick rods that breaks down into 3 or 4 pieces. It was only $20 I think, and just brought a small tackle box with some spoons and jigs and stuff. I found a number of areas that could be fished in the ports that we stopped at. I was glad to have my own gear. We also went up to Denali National Park and there are spots to fish grayling there, and also up in Fairbanks I did a grayling float fishing trip. I was glad to have some of my own gear and be able to fish whenever and wherever I could. The pack rod was easily put into the suitcase and the airlines or the cruiseship never said a thing about the hooks and lures.

[ocf]

how far is the pond from the port???

[Norsky]

It was about a 10 minute walk. If you follow the stream up that goes into the pond, you'll come to where the trails are that lead up to the alpine/mountain lakes that you can fish also, that's quite a hike up the mountain-it'll take a good hour to get up there.

[ocf]

ok i dont know how to fly fish... will i be okay how do you catch them

[Norsky]

Just use some small rapalas or small Mepps spinners. They don't see that many lures up on those lakes up there. The salmon in the pond area will hit spoons, or else you'll snag them with the spoon.

[ocf]

ok i think i will be ok do you think 75$ will be enough

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Sitka is on the west side of Baranof Island, total length of the road system is 13 miles end to end. Mountains one one side of town, ocean on the other. I've been end to end a few times. There's no railroad tracks there. maybe you are thinking of a different town.