https://www.bensecrest.com/blog daily 0.75 2021-05-28 https://www.bensecrest.com/blog/day-3-in-sitka-sees-lings-yelloweyes-and-more-bombers monthly 0.5 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ad4c300f2ec317a8656172/1622226213955-AEL9EM9HDMOWK0BKV7YD/blog_sitka3.jpeg Blog - Day 3 in Sitka sees Lings, Yelloweyes, and More Bombers The third day of the Accurate Sitka Adventure comes to an end with a lot of fish caught but the wiley big Halibut still not cooperating as hoped. Today we woke up to the best weather so far, no rain, slight overcast, and dead flat conditions. After a really good Damian (Lodge chef) breakfast this morning we got to the boat at 6 am and headed right to the cape with the best conditions I have seen in a couple years of fishing here. We looked the salmon grounds over with very little potential, no bait and no fish to speak of on the fish locator. Next stop was the rock fish hole where we proceeded to limit out on the Black Bombers and catch a few oversize lings on relatively light tackle that included the single speed B-197 / ACCCR 7020 7' Xnergy rod and the B-870N coupled with the ACCCR 6630 6'6" Xnergy rod. The smaller tackle makes the whole bottom fish experience a lot more fun; feeling like its a decent fish on the 30 and 40 lb spectra we are using. After the rock fish focus we moved onto the ling thing where we caught our limits of lings in the 30 - 35" slot plus some really big yellow eyes which are the best eating fish, in my opinion, of all the ones we catch up here. The rest of the day was at least 4 to 5 hours of Halibut fishing in the deep water spots for the 100 too 200 lb fish which saw us hook one nice fish that came unbuttoned at the boat. We focused on these spots knowing from previous history that a big fish is very probable but as mentioned earlier not always possible. My wife Theresa has joined us up here today for the next few days of fishing hoping that the luck will change for that elusive heavy weight Halibut. I will keep you posted to tomorrows activities and with the right luck have a picture of a trophy fish to share with the crew. Till tomorrows log. https://www.bensecrest.com/blog/day-2-of-our-sitka-adventure monthly 0.5 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ad4c300f2ec317a8656172/1622226100465-NDS1FTHBEQLQV4WAL7Y0/blog_sitka2.jpeg Blog - Day 2 of Our Sitka Adventure Today we got up to the same grey, rainy weather best known here in Alaska. After a great breakfast at the lodge, Rich and I got on the Point Break with Mac for another rough but more productive day. We ran out to look on the outside and the swell had decreased from the day before to 4 to 6 feet with 8 to 12 knots of wind. We took a quick run around the salmon hole and decided to work our way back in not seeing any sign of life in the means of bait or moving fish on the meter. We hit the bomber spot (Black Bass) for limits and Rich hit the jackpot with a very good size Yellow eye as the highlight of our drifts. We ran over to the inside Halibut hole and preceded to get a fairly quick limit of chikens (28 to 40" fish) with a couple good ligs including a keeper in the slot for Rich. Nothing big yet on the flat side but there are a few more days left and who is to say when the multi digit fish show up. With time running out in the day we ran back out to the salmon hole and mooched for an hour with one bite and no fish to show. The trip so far has been on the slow side but the weather is looking up for the next few days and we are looking for the window so we can get out to the fishing grounds in front of the Cape to put a hurt on the big guys. Hopefully tomorrow will be the day. I will keep you posted. Until tomorrow. https://www.bensecrest.com/blog/day-1-of-our-sitka-adventure monthly 0.5 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ad4c300f2ec317a8656172/1622225913607-WEB0PJSNZMLP162CDYC8/Sitka_blog1.jpeg Blog - Day 1 of Our Sitka Adventure Today Rich (Holland) and I got up at 4:45 am with high hopes of snapping Lings and over size Halibut but instead the weather showed us who was boss. We ventured out to the cape with our good friend Mac to the 21 mph winds and 7 to 10 foot swells which made it very difficult to fish, literally impossible. We started around the cape towards Shelcup Island and had boat troubles that slowed us down considerably. After several hours at 8 knots in less than perfect conditions we were picked up by a second boat who was skippered by our friend Levi. We went back into the passages to avoid any weather and ended up catching a lot of Black rock fish on the B-197 and 7020 rods with small Bass Pro Shop jigs. We also ended up with a keeper Ling Cod that squeaked in under the 35" limit. Hopefully tomorrow will bring better conditions and get us into some big lings and some keeper Halibut for the Box. Talking with Mac the salmon fishing has been fair but right now I don't think there are enough people fishing them to know. I will keep you informed of what lies in our future. 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