Wild Strawberry Lodge

The King Salmon are huge. Not as huge as a barn door, but the record for King Salmon here in Alaska is 126 pounds. The waters here are just full of Salmon as they prepare to enter the freshwater rivers to find their spawning grounds. The Salmon are hungry before they enter freshwater and once they do they stop eating. Sitka offers some of the best waters for ocean Salmon fishing. Besides the King Salmon, there are the Silver salmon which are just slightly smaller. The deal with Silvers is that they are fighters. They strike hard, like you have been hit by a car. They also breach when they fight, so they are exciting to fish. The local waters are also home to Pink Salmon and Chum Salmon. Pink Salmon, are fun. In addition to Salmon, you might catch Lingcod and Snapper too. If you are lucky, you may also see the whales. The Orcas are amazing to watch hunt.

Wild Strawberry Lodge is a bait fishing lodge. Halibut love left over salmon, especially the heads. Most Pacific Halibut charters will chum a small areas and draw in the Halibut. A hot Halibut spot will keep you busy fishing all day, and you might limit early. Not a problem here in Sitka because you can start trolling for Salmon. You can use bait, or you can bust out the flashers and bigger spoons. Either way, your fishing adventure is going to be something you remember for a long while. Wild Strawberry Lodge is a top Alaska destination.

This is one of the lodges that will put you into prime Barn Door waters. A Barn Door is a Pacific Halibut that weighs in at over 100 pounds. While that may sound huge, the world record for the Pacific Halibut landed by a sports fisherman weight just under 500 pounds. These fish get their name because they are about the size of a barn door. They are laterally compressed and are one of the best eating fish in Alaska.