July 11th - Good Fishing gets better!

There was a real good salmon bite this morning and all of the boats who were in the right spot caught plenty, with several boats getting their limit or close to it. The bottom fishing slowed a little today with smaller halibut but the big yellow eyes continued to hit the dock!!

Light rain and cloudy most of the day with light winds, a little bumpy this morning with the large tide, but it calmed down later in the day.

Here are the pictures for today!!

















And from a few days ago, an old friend of Yes Bay Lodge stopped by on his boat the Hot Ruddered Bum to have a fish processed and stay a few days in the back bay with his guests from Texas aboard. On their trip to Yes Bay they fished a little for some halibut and managed to hook this beast!!! A beautiful 175 pounder!!



All from the waters around beautiful Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!!

Capt Jim
Professor

July 4th Fireworks at Yes Bay Lodge

July 4th is always celebrated at Yes Bay Lodge in style, with a great BBQ lunch, fantastic dinner and we cap off the evening with some great fireworks. Sorry for the delay, I forgot to post these right after the 4th!

Here are some pictures of the fireworks.










Also some GREAT Eagle shots taken by a guest of mine on the boat!

I managed to coax and eagle out of his tree for some bait I threw out...pretty amazing stuff!!

















Thanks for looking...

Capt Jim
Professor

July 10th - Weather holds fishing improves!!

The salmon were biting much better today with a great assortment of nice pink salmon, chum salmon and a few King salmon hitting the dock. Also some huge yellow eyes, other rock fish and a couple real nice halibut. Even a nice 50 pounder caught by some flat-landers from Kansas...

The weather was a nice day in SE Alaska, very little wind, cool and overcast and rainy all day! A beautiful day to fish!!

Lodge is almost full with everyone fishing so a bunch of pictures today!!





















Another big fishing day tomorrow...enjoy the pictures of another Great Day of Fishing at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!!

Capt Jim
Professor

July 9th - Weather Change - Better fishing!

The weather got cooler this morning, nice grey overcast skies with a little bit of rain and we could already see a change in the salmon bite. Hopefully tomorrow it will be even better. More salmon hit the dock as well as some wonderful rock fish and some nice halibuts!!

On with the pics for the day!!

















A fine day of fishing at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!!

Capt Jim
Professor

July 8th - Great Weather and more tough fishing!

The salmon bite was frustrating today - fish jumping everywhere and hardly a one would bite...I trolled over 6 hours and only had two small shakers (undersized King Salmon), oh and one shark!!

But the bottom fishing for halibut and rock fish kept us alive, although there were a couple King salmon that hit the dock, including a real nice 24 pounder!!

Here are the pictures of today's catch!!















Hopefully we'll get some rain tomorrow and cool off a little so the fishing improves!!

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

Capt Jim
(Professor)

July 7th - Great weather day and hard fishing!!

The weather could not have been better, blue skies, sunshine and warm. Made it up to 77 degrees today so they say, but it sure was warm in the hot sunshine. Very bright clear blue skies!!

The fishing today was hard work, those who worked at it were able to manage some fish, lord knows they were jumping all around us all day, but for some reason the salmon weren't chewing. We caught a few, but it was few and far between bites!! Most switched to the bottom and we were rewarded with some nice rock fish, including a real nice yelloweye and of course some very nice halibut!!

On with the pictures!!














All in all it was another great day at Yes Bay!!

Capt Jim
Professor)