03 September 2010, 06:14
butchbuckyakutat alaska guide
my buddy and i are planning to go silver salmon fishing in yakutat. can anyone recommend a good guide? would like to arrange 3 days of fishing. also what is the best month for silvers in this part of alaska? planning this for 2011.
09 September 2010, 00:09
TrapperPBeen there every year for the past twenty some odd years. Depends on what and where you wish to fish, whether the river or the bay [ocean]
I do not use a guide so cannot speak to the river w/ guide but if you want to fish the ocean for silvers or a mixed trip with salmon and halibut I would highly recommend Mark Sappington - Yakutat Charter Boat Co.
Email me if you want more detailed info re accomodations, etc.
The silver run is supposed to peak about the middle of Sept - we came back on Aug 31 this year, Delta pulls the non-stop ANC-ATL off on Sept 1st if that is important to you. We caught good numbers of very strong fish but no really big fish this year, I thinks some 16 - 16 1/2 pounds would have been about the lartgest.