July 30th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Hard to believe only one more day in July and then August starts...the season is flying by!!

The fish are still out there for sure, the weather remained rainy today but no wind to speak of, so it wasn't bad fishing...

For those that braved the rain and stayed out all day there was plenty of fish around with a good assortment of bottom fish and salmon, a sprinkling of silvers, some nice chum and some pinks all hit the dock today as well as a few halibut.

The first two pictures were all day people, they stuck it out and nailed a nice collection of fish...although the remaining groups did just fine as well, they just came in for lunch and warmed up and dried off for a few minutes...

Here are the pics...











And a special catch - saw the bite, picked up the rod out of the rod holder, released it from the ball, felt the bite, set the hook and reeled it in all by herself, always a special fish when you do it all yourself!!




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

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 29th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Rainy day and a little lumpy but the fishing was pretty good, although the conditions were not the best so it was a short day for most as the rain made everyone prefer the warm Lodge...

Here are the pictures from today...







So as you can see a fine day of catching at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 28th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Rain and more rain...it rained most of the day today and it was also a little cool, but the wind stayed down all day and the seas were flat, fishing was a little slower for salmon today but for those who stuck with it they brought some nice fish in. The bottom fishing was pretty hot all day, the calm seas made staying on your bottom spot pretty easy and productive.

Here are today's catch pictures...



















And a couple crew members went out this afternoon - landed a nice 13.4 pound yelloweye and a couple decent halibut...must be a million of them out there!



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

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 27th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

The fish are out there for those who want to stick it out and go fishing, lots of drizzly cold rain today made it tough for everyone to want to stick it out and catch some fish, still a fair amount hit the docks, but several boats stayed in this afternoon and several came in early both this morning and this afternoon...

Oh well, hope for warmer weather tomorrow...

But her are the pictures of today's catch!!

















Great Pictures and great fishing at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska...

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 26th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

The fishing remained strong today with a great assortment of fish hitting the dock, including a nice 19 pound King salmon...

The weather was drizzly and rainy most of the day...but the wind stayed down for most of the day....

The pictures tell the story...

























Pictures prove another great day of fishing at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

July 25th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Rainy day today and some wind at times, but it didn't seem to affect the fishing any and surprisingly there are still some real nice bright spawner Kings around...and a few halibut some silvers and some chum and pinks...

Only a few boats out fishing and some went sightseeing to see the bears this afternoon and skipped fishing...

So just a few pictures...











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

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 24th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Big turn-over at the Lodge today with most guests departing this morning and only one boat fishing today...an assortment of guests arrived today so more boats will be fishing tomorrow...

The weather turned a little today with drizzly rain for most of the day and some wind in the morning and this afternoon.

Snowman was the one fishing today and he got on some salmon this morning, but went looking for Kings this afternoon and the bite was not on...

But fish in the box this morning...



While waiting for guests to depart this morning all the guides were on the dock so one of our pilots decided a picture in front of the airplane was in order...so here is our guide staff for 2011 and Kenny our dock man for the season...best we have had in years...



And a little gift from my last guests...



And Kenny working hard cleaning the bottom of the AJ - Alaska style...run her up on the beach wait for the tide to go out and get her done...



Enjoy the photos of some fun and work at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 23rd - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Last day for the big group of people in the Lodge and a fine day it was...fishing was pretty darn good and the weather was perfect, mostly clear skies with bright sunshine, warm temperature and light winds for most of the day...lumpy a couple times during the day but always fishable..

Lots of pics from this group and some award winning fish...the group had a little tournament going, largest King Salmon, Largest other salmon and largest yellow eye snapper and of course it came down to the last day, with all of the leaders losing their spot at today's weigh-in...I'll try to identify the winning fish.





Here's the winning Yellow Eye - 11.4 pounds...













I believe the largest other salmon a chum is in this bunch!





The largest King salmon a 26 plus pounder...





This was a great group of people many had been here before but as always there were several new faces in the group and everyone had a great time and all left with a nice box of fish to remember their stay at Yes Bay, although I am sure it will not be soon forgotten...

You know, I have been to well over 5 county fairs, a gay rights parade and an all black rodeo and I have never seen anything like this...



Several of the guests from my boat decided that a good fun joke was in order, so they set about to leave me a gift I would not soon forget...still not sure what it all means, but they had their fun...

A great time and great fishing at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska...

Capt Jim
(Professor)