First City Charters
We are happy to offer affordable Ketchikan fishing packages. We specialize in guided Ketchikan salmon and halibut fishing trips. Professionally guided and fully equipped.
Ketchikan Fishing Ketchikan Halibut Fishing Ketchikan Salmon Fishing
We are happy to offer affordable Ketchikan fishing packages. We specialize in guided Ketchikan salmon and halibut fishing trips. Professionally guided and fully equipped.
Ketchikan Fishing Ketchikan Halibut Fishing Ketchikan Salmon Fishing
Ketchikan Halibut Fishing
When I first came to Ketchikan Alaska in 1989, I thought you could just go anywhere throw your line in the water and catch halibut. Wrong! Since then I've learned a lot. Normally halibut fishing around Ketchikan, Alaska is done in 200 to 400 feet of water. Bottom types vary a lot from mud to rock. I'm looking for structures that hold bait fish. Find the bait fish and you find the halibut. Halibut move a lot. You may have a great day halibut fishing one day go back the next day and they're gone.
A typical day of Ketchikan halibut fishing would start off by first choosing what your looking for. If you don't care about size and are just looking to put some fish in the box. We can halibut fish half day and salmon fish half day. If you are looking for bigger halibut we would commit the day to halibut fishing. We would run from five to thirty miles depending on the weather and where I've been finding halibut. Most of the time I fish with jigs or circle c hooks. I like to use salmon, herring, turbot and cod for bait. We will normally be fishing at the anchor. We will set for 2 or 3 hours. If it doesn't happen by then we will pull anchor and move.
When I first came to Ketchikan Alaska in 1989, I thought you could just go anywhere throw your line in the water and catch halibut. Wrong! Since then I've learned a lot. Normally halibut fishing around Ketchikan, Alaska is done in 200 to 400 feet of water. Bottom types vary a lot from mud to rock. I'm looking for structures that hold bait fish. Find the bait fish and you find the halibut. Halibut move a lot. You may have a great day halibut fishing one day go back the next day and they're gone.
A typical day of Ketchikan halibut fishing would start off by first choosing what your looking for. If you don't care about size and are just looking to put some fish in the box. We can halibut fish half day and salmon fish half day. If you are looking for bigger halibut we would commit the day to halibut fishing. We would run from five to thirty miles depending on the weather and where I've been finding halibut. Most of the time I fish with jigs or circle c hooks. I like to use salmon, herring, turbot and cod for bait. We will normally be fishing at the anchor. We will set for 2 or 3 hours. If it doesn't happen by then we will pull anchor and move.
Ketchikan Fishing
If you are looking for incredible salmon fishing, look no further. Ketchikan has five different species of salmon. Ketchikan salmon fishing starts off it's season with king salmon. Kings start showing up in May with the peak of the run in June. If you're looking to king salmon fish in Ketchikan June is the Month. The average King salmon weighs about twenty pounds, a trophy is over fifty.
Ketchikan fishing really gets hot after the Fourth of July. The pinks, chums, sockeye, and silver salmon show up around Ketchikan at that time. We have five species of salmon in at the same time. Ketchikan fishing gets fast and furious.
Ketchikan has two runs of silver salmon. The first show up around the Fourth of July and are here through August. Ketchikan's second run of silvers show up in September and are here through the middle of October. Our late run of silvers are normally a little bigger than the summer run. As you can see, Ketchikan has great salmon fishing all summer long. Ketchikan fishing has a lot to offer.
If you are looking for incredible salmon fishing, look no further. Ketchikan has five different species of salmon. Ketchikan salmon fishing starts off it's season with king salmon. Kings start showing up in May with the peak of the run in June. If you're looking to king salmon fish in Ketchikan June is the Month. The average King salmon weighs about twenty pounds, a trophy is over fifty.
Ketchikan fishing really gets hot after the Fourth of July. The pinks, chums, sockeye, and silver salmon show up around Ketchikan at that time. We have five species of salmon in at the same time. Ketchikan fishing gets fast and furious.
Ketchikan has two runs of silver salmon. The first show up around the Fourth of July and are here through August. Ketchikan's second run of silvers show up in September and are here through the middle of October. Our late run of silvers are normally a little bigger than the summer run. As you can see, Ketchikan has great salmon fishing all summer long. Ketchikan fishing has a lot to offer.
Ketchikan Halibut Fishing
Ketchikan Alaska also has great halibut fishing to offer. The halibut around Ketchikan start showing up in May and are here through the middle of September, with the peak of halibut fishing in Ketchikan being June, July, and August. Halibut range from ten pounds to over four hundred pounds. The average is about twenty pounds. Halibut fishing is a lot of fun but be prepared to work. Ketchikan halibut fishing is something you won't want to miss.
First City Charters
PO Box 1643
Ward Cove, AK 99928
(907) 247-1643
Ketchikan Alaska also has great halibut fishing to offer. The halibut around Ketchikan start showing up in May and are here through the middle of September, with the peak of halibut fishing in Ketchikan being June, July, and August. Halibut range from ten pounds to over four hundred pounds. The average is about twenty pounds. Halibut fishing is a lot of fun but be prepared to work. Ketchikan halibut fishing is something you won't want to miss.
First City Charters
PO Box 1643
Ward Cove, AK 99928
(907) 247-1643
Ketchikan King Salmon Fishing
Most of my king salmon fishing in Ketchikan is done by trolling with down riggers. For king salmon I fish whole herring and cut plug herring all season long. I will fish flashers and hoochies occasionally, but I like bait. We will be fishing depths between 40 and 120 feet. I'm constantly looking on my depth sounder for schools of bait fish or watching the surface for feeding birds. Once I find a school of herring the kings are feeding on, I work the bait until they stop biting or the bait disappears.
Most of my king salmon fishing in Ketchikan is done by trolling with down riggers. For king salmon I fish whole herring and cut plug herring all season long. I will fish flashers and hoochies occasionally, but I like bait. We will be fishing depths between 40 and 120 feet. I'm constantly looking on my depth sounder for schools of bait fish or watching the surface for feeding birds. Once I find a school of herring the kings are feeding on, I work the bait until they stop biting or the bait disappears.
Ketchikan Silver Salmon Fishing
Silver salmon fishing is pretty similar to king salmon fishing. I use downriggers and flashers. The most common bait is cut plug herring. I like to run a dummy flasher on my downrigger ball with a cut plug right above and behind about three feet. The normal depth is 40 feet and up. On some occasions you will find them down deep 80 to a 100 feet. So if I'm not catching them shallow, I will drop one line down deep to test the deeper waters. Just like kings, I'm looking for bait. The silvers will stack up around bait balls. It can get pretty crazy with three or four fish on at the same time!
Silver salmon fishing is pretty similar to king salmon fishing. I use downriggers and flashers. The most common bait is cut plug herring. I like to run a dummy flasher on my downrigger ball with a cut plug right above and behind about three feet. The normal depth is 40 feet and up. On some occasions you will find them down deep 80 to a 100 feet. So if I'm not catching them shallow, I will drop one line down deep to test the deeper waters. Just like kings, I'm looking for bait. The silvers will stack up around bait balls. It can get pretty crazy with three or four fish on at the same time!
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