Pictures from Alaska

[Dan in Alaska]

I read the directions a couple of times, so I hope I get this picture-posting thing right the first time. Here are some Alaskan pictures for everyone's enjoyment. We still have a couple months to wait for good fishing up here, so last summer's pictures will have to do for the time being.

The first one is a picture of my boat. I have a 22-foot Hewescraft Sea Runner Hard Top, and 115-hp Yamaha 4-stroke pushes it around. Inside I have a Garmin 238 sounder w/ Bluecharts, an Interphase Sea Scout (forward looking sonar), a Raymarine 45 VHF radio, an Icom MV-1 handheld VHF, and a CD player. Top speed is about 32-33 mph with a normal load of people and gear.



Next is a picture of me with a 58-pound ling cod I caught last August out of Seward, Alaska. Minimum size for a keeper in Alaska is 35 inches. On this day, we caught five ling cod in about 30 minutes. Three of the five were over 50 pounds, and the other two we over 40. The ling cod fishing up here is truly spectacular!



I purchased my boat just prior to my folks visit, but we still went on the charter trip we had already booked earlier in the summer. We had a GREAT time, and caught loads of fish. My brother caught the large halibut on the right; it weighed 115-pounds. The rest of the halibut are in the 20-40 pound range. Along with the ling cod already mentioned, we caught some big yellow-eye rock fish that weighed over 15-pounds as well (not in the photo). This was the single best fishing day we've had since moving up here in 2001.

[Ride Red]

My god those Ling Cod look like they're well fed!

[Day Late]

Dan,

Wife and I spent 10 weeks in Alaska last summer, mostly on the Kenai. Did take 4 days when weather was good and shot down to Seward the end of June. Great weather and enjoyed camping with our travel trailer right on the water near the Marine Research Center. Took a break from fishing, but enjoyed a day long fijord tour. I've always thought that if money were no object, we'd have a condo in Seward for the summer with a boat like yours moored in the marina. You lucky dog!! :smile:

Thanks for the post!

Day Late

[Hawg Caller]

So... when are you bringing up us not so lucky Ifishers??? Thats one of the places on my list of "must fish". nice job and good pic.s [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Miss B Haven]

:depressed: Mama Lings :depressed: the future of your fishery. :depressed: Turn those big ones back to spawn. Keep the little tasty ones for the good eats please!

There's a reason the fishery down south of you is almost closed down. :depressed:

[Bendman]

Wow that's huge! :shocked: When I'm up there this year i'm going to have to look you up

[Dan in Alaska]

Miss B Haven, thanks to you and others, I have learned a lot about ling cod from reading discussions on this forum. Now that I know more, I can act accordingly.

Thanks, Dan.

[Silver Eagle]

Dan nice job on the pictures etc....I agree with Miss B those big ones need to reproduce, they look like there on the spone already...Really need to get to your neck of the woods, maybe this summer or next, isn't that what we all say....Ray

[Birdnest]

Dan,

Nice pics and even a nicer attitude. You guys starting thaw out a little yet?

Joe

[gottafish]

MMMMMMMMMM feeeshh

[Pilar]

What a boat load a. Nice boat too. When/where is the TA meeting in Alaska this summer.

Dan, you and oh about 100 of your new IFISH friends. :grin: