June 30th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

The end of June finished with a little cold snap and some rain, most of the day. A few bailed out after the cold morning, although it did seem to warm a little in the afternoon...change-over day tomorrow with several boat loads finishing their stay at Yes Bay today...

But the pictures will tell the story with several nice Kings hitting the dock and a few nice bright pinks and a couple nice sized Chum, plus a couple nice halibut and a rock fish or two...

















July promises to be just as good if not better than June, we caught quite a few nice big Kings and there are still some out there to catch, add in the nice pinks and chum that are arriving and there should be plenty of good fishing left this season...

Oh and an update - Slammer took today off and slept most of the day, didn't do a lick of work!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

June 29th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

One of those days - rain all day and good fishing, most boats finished their King fishing pretty early and it was a good thing as the weather and wind picked up in the afternoon, oh and rain, lots of it...several halibut also hit the dock as well as an assortment of salmon, Kings, Chum and pinks...a few yellow Eye Snapper and some nice rockfish filled out the day...

The pictures tell the real story...



















Yep - another great day of fishing at Yes Bay Lodge...

Oh and by the way - Slammer called me a Dan Colander and it is a derogatory term...

Said I have failed to mention all of the fish he has released...like I am on his boat everyday to know that little fact!! Just another Slammerism...

Oh and another little note for the day - All you Alaska Guides who are reading this report - You may want to make sure you are recording your guests catch on the back of their license immediately and not at the end of the day when you return to the dock...it seems that the gendarmes are adamant about that this season!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

June 28th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Today was NOT a repeat of yesterday - the weather turned a little colder, overcast and rain almost all day....the fishing was not as fast a furious...the Kings were there but not feeding like yesterday, if you persevered you were rewarded with some nice Kings many caught were just legal although a couple bigger fish were caught as well. The wind decided to pick up out front so the fishing on the main for halibut was a rough go, so most boats just stayed and fished for Kings many took all day to get one or their limit...

Some pics from today...






















We all hope for a little less wind tomorrow so we might have some more options and of course we are hoping for a stronger morning bite. Clear skies last night we think the fish fed all night...there is a ton of bait around, so food is plentiful, which is a good thing...

Always a great day fishing at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska...

Capt Jim
(Professor)

June 27th, 2011 - Yes bay Lodge Fishing Report

June 26th - No fishing - I did not forget, we had a Lodge turn-over day and only had one boat out for trophy Kings, they released 6 but didn't keep any, so no pictures or fishing report.

Today was an amazing day - started off fogged in and we knew it was going to be a sunshine and blue sky day and warm...It was in the 70's today add the good weather to some fantastic King fishing and it is a day to remember. Almost all the boats fished today only 3 stayed in, but they will be out tomorrow and the Lodge is full tonight. Large group arrived yesterday and they were not disappointed. Plenty of Kings, the halibut were a little scarce, but the Kings were active and almost every boat got their limit...

On with the pics...

Slammer and Guest Gus Armstrong...



Professor and guests



Capt Jeff Bortz and Guests...



Sean Falconer and guests



Slice and guest



Big John and guests



Slice and guest - afternoon catch



Batman and Guests



Snapper Al and Guests...



And a special guest and old friend and former Guide Mark (Otter) Titus now with August Island Pictures, Mark is shooting some video to add to our Lodge video!!

And of course fishing - Dockmaster Dewey (Cutter) Smith took him out on his day off to fish and film some of the action...



And Cutter with his catch...



We'll let you know when the new updated video is finished, Otter will be back in August/September to shoot some of the silver salmon action.

A great day at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

June 25th, 2011 - Yes bay Lodge Fishing Report

Another great day of fishing, a touch slower than yesterday, the King bite was not near as fast and furious, but for those that persevered, the rewards were there!!

This was the last day for the large group - Mahoney Party, Flores Party et al...

Here are today's pictures...

Kicker and guests...



Big John and Guests



Slice and guests



Big John and guests - afternoon



Batman and guests...



Capt Sean and guests with another big King







Slammer and guests - morning...





Slammer and guests - afternoon



Happy guests with a load of rock fish...





With Capt Jeff





The group had a fantastic time, not everyone caught a bunch of fish everyday, but everyone caught fish and some hiked up the stream and did some fresh water fishing and some took some side boat tours to see area waterfalls and other scenic wonders...plus each person in the group is taking home a real nice box of fish...

We certainly hope to see them all back again next year, this is a fun group of great people and we enjoy their visit every year.

Another fine day at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska...

Capt Jim
(Professor)