Wanted: Kayak anglers to go to Kodiak Alaska

Figure on 6-7 days on Kodiak. This is going to be a mothership and possibly "road system" adventure. With a full boat, the charter captains daily rate per person is $250.  Kayak rental in Kodiak is a separate fee, and is still being researched. Since the boat is also our lodging, our intent is to be stay out overnight to the greatest extent reasonable. By doing so, we can get to areas that are very lightly fished, even by Alaskan standards. If the weather on the ocean is not cooperating on a particular day, there are the local rivers to hit, as well as protected inlets where we could launch from shore.

Participants will be breaking new ground here. Definitely in the areas that kayaks will be fishing, possibly in the size of the fish being caught from a kayak. Combined airfare, boat charter, and kayak rental, is ballparking in the $3000 range. Similar if not less than the total cost for a trip of the same length in SE AK or BC. Areas that are much more heavily fished.

I posted this picture here last year. 52 lbs.





The two men are well over 6 feet tall. That makes the lings just how long?





5 person limit of silvers. The "little' fish on the left went 6-7 lbs, conservatively. The Kodiak Silver Salmon derby has never been won by a fish under 20 lbs.






The flooring that the ling skull is lying on, is made up of 5" wide hickory. I figure about 16" wide?






Beautiful sea-run Dolly Varden.





Not so beautiful, but much larger Dolly





Quillback rockfish




I have one person that is 90% commited to go, there's myself. We need 3 more. At this point in time, we're looking at heading up right after the Elk tourney. So 8/6-8/14 ? "hap" is available to answer questions directly. PM me for his email. He may also be chiming in here directly. Oh, and more fish porn will be posted in the near future.


Regards,
Scott

Scott
After looking at the picture of the back side of the lingcod skull I realize the picture was taken in one of the few places in the floor where there are 4" and 5" wide boards (to make the layout easier while laying down the wood) so it may be a little more narrow than that, but the fish wearing it was 56#.  On a typical day we will see a fish over fifty. 
art

A few more pictures of Kodiak and fish...


For the last six or seven years we have been extremely effective catching Atka mackerel on one certain high spot (14 fathom hump surrouonded by 50+ fathoms) close to town.  These fish have been found around Kodiak occasionally, but these are about 500 miles North of where they are supposed to be.  The males are quite a bit brighter yellow.  Related to lingcod and greenling (Hexagrammidae) they are commercially trawled for out in the Aleutians.  They are very rich and oily, but fairly delicate.  Oh, and they fight hard for the size!

A great start to a day.


Listening to a kelp greenling grunt...


She got slimed, but she got her picture!

Do not remember the actual weight, but looks to be a lingcod in the mid 50s...

This one I remember was 64#.  Sixty plus is noteworthy and we usually only get a few per year in that range.


Silver salmon fillet from a dandy!


Two over 100 and one under!


Older picture of me with a 175# halibut.  I prefer the bigger ones for eating because I do not try to use them like I do rockfish and such.  Instead, I cut in big chunks, brine lightly, smoke very lightly and finish off in the oven.  The result is a very firm, ham-like texture that is really good!

Looking for some specific yelloweye rockfish pictures...  Will add when I find them.
art

Found a few, though not the ones I was looking for.  Took  an 8-year-old with brain cancer and his family fishing for a week as a donation to Hunt of a Lifetime.  They had never seen saltwater before.  These are yelloweye pictures from a rough day of fishing.  The boys were a little green and not really interested in helping me take a few pictures!

My son Riley is the one in the middle.  The lad on the left continues to prosper after beating incredible odds and looks like he will beat it!
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A couple of these are pretty fair-sized fish.  Yelloweyes always look like they weigh much more than they do.  It is a shame too, because they are the best sashimi fish we get.




thanks for looking!
art

Well, one picture di dnot want ot play with the others...


This would be the picture referenced first above.
thanks,
art