We'll pack you a lunch and cooler of beverages for the day and you’ll be on your way! With professional vacuum processing, flash freezing and cold storage, your catch will be mailed to you overnight when you return home.
Join your captain on a large, stable 50' vessel for a 3/4-day or 1/2-day halibut fishing trip, or the new whitefish trip. For those of you worried about being seasick or don't have all day - these trips are for you! The 3/4 day halibut trip will be for those wanting to catch bigger fish than what is caught on the 1/2-day charters.
Full day 6-passenger combination halibut and salmon fishing is a perfect way to enjoy a variety of fishing experiences in one day. In Homer Halibut Fishing is deep sea bottom fishing with heavy tackle, and salmon fishing is trolling with light tackle and downriggers or light tackle rods and reels. Spend half a day fishing for halibut then the other half targeting silvers or kings.
Salmon fishing is offered full day on smaller 6-passenger boats equipped with downriggers, trolling gear and light tackle rods and reels. There are five species of salmon in Kachemak Bay. Most captians target the kings and silvers. Incidental catches of other salmon are always possible and you may keep what you catch as long as it is within the ADF&G limits.
King Salmon: Catch them before they go up river to spawn. "Spawner" kings' first run is usually May-June. Second run is July-mid August. "Feeder" king come in to feed year round and return to the deep water to grow.
Silver Salmon: Coho Silver Salmon are hot in mid-late July through early September.
Known as the “Killer Combo”... according to Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game, fishing out of Homer you are allowed 2 halibut, 2 lingcod and up to 5 rockfish of various types in one day. Wow! … With 6-anglers on board all day, the end result is a boat-load of fish.