September 9th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

I have been a little remiss, not really! No fishing report for the past couple days primarily due to some bad weather...after the storm that caused the boat problem, the bad weather continued and not many people were fishing and not many fish were caught, the silver fishing has been slow at best and dead most of the time...today the weather cleared and a big orange thing was in the sky, someone said it was called the sun, but it had been so long most of us didn't know what it was...calm seas and more guests arrived. There was also some "Blue Sky" we wondered what was going on...

A few silvers and some nice rock fish hit the dock from those fishing, but all said it was still pretty slow fishing, hopefully now that we have a weather change for a day or so, the fish will turn on...

Here are today's pictures:







The prayers to the weather Gods worked, so now lets work on the fishing Gods!!

A fine day at Yes Bay!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

September 6th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

WOW - OK who was supposed to talk to the weather GODS?? Because it didn't go through!!

Strong winds and a ton of rain made today a real tough fishing day...we had a few guests trying to leave and they ended up leaving a little late but we came though and got them out of here, hopefully they were able to make arrangements and get back home at a reasonable hour...but we had our work cut out for us here at the Lodge. Strong winds and a ton of rain had our boats bouncing around at the dock overnight and sadly Batman's boat had a small problem with a little too much water for the weather and was reclaimed by the ocean gods...but the fine crew here at Yes Bay pitched in and got everything sorted out and Batman has switched to a new batboat and is ready to fish again!!

Now if the fish would only cooperate...three boats fished both morning and afternoon a few decided to stay in and enjoy the warmth of the Lodge and relax for the day!

Here are the pictures:

Sorry Batman but it is a newsworthy item!



Now the fish Pictures!

A beautiful Yellow Eye!







A Great Day at Yes Bay!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

September 5th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Well the fish gods were better than the weather Gods today but both could still use a little help. Gale predicted for tonight and tomorrow morning so we expect things to be a little rough tomorrow, with calming in the afternoon, we'll see.

Silvers were around today but harder to find...my boat found three nice ones this morning first thing, then only chum later in the day. Several boats brought in some nice silvers and an assortment of chum, some very bright.

Here are the pictures:



















A Great Day at Yes Bay...we'll see what tomorrows weather brings...

Capt Jim
(Professor)

September 4th - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

What a difference a day makes - Thanks to all the people who prayed to the weather Gods and the Fish Gods...wind stayed down most of the day and rain was light for most of the day and the fishing was great!!

Lots of new people arrived today - a day late due to bad weather yesterday, rain and fog so we could not fly them in, they came in this morning and hit the water first thing...

Silvers finally were hitting today as well as some very nice Chum salmon! It was a good day and plenty of fish hit the dock with several boats with limits and the rest pretty close...

Here are the pictures!





My great repeat guests and friends had a good day and thank goodness Pam was feeling better and could fish today, otherwise our fish count would have been much different! She outfished Rob by about 2 to one and landed a nice halibut in the afternoon! BTW - Chris there is a nice note for you on the halibut!

















Back to great fishing days at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

September 3rd - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse...guess what, bad weather and mediocre fishing for another day...cold wind and a ton of rain today made fishing a hearty experience, for those who persevered there were some rewards with a few nice silvers hitting the dock and some chums salmon as well a few nice rock fish and halibut.

Here are the pictures:



I have great repeat guests for the next few days, although today I was stuck with the not so better half as the better half was feeling under the weather and stayed in today...we won't talk about the missed fish, but we did release several nice large chum salmon this morning...









Crew fishing - Dewey had a rare day off and went hunting, couldn't find a deer or goat, so he decided the next best thing would be to fish on the way back to the Lodge and managed to land a nice feeder King - 17 plus pounds...



Slammer Dan decided to hit the bottom on his day off and landed all by himself a nice 90 plus pounder...



So there was a great day at Yes Bay in spite of the conditions...

Pray for Silvers soon please!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

September 2nd - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

The weather was better and the fishing was better, so for those of you who talked to the fish Gods, we appreciate it... little fog and rain this morning but light winds and calm seas which opened up the entire area for fishing and out guides pulled through with some nice catches...

Here are the pictures:















Great Day at Yes Bay!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

September 1st - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

Would someone please have a chat with the weather and fish gods!!

Slow fishing and wind and rain - rough water limited where we could fish, although I am not sure that location mattered...the fish all of a sudden have developed Lock Jaw!!

It was a very tough day of fishing today, we put lots of bait in the water and not much at the cleaning station...of course we all say:

That is why they call it fishing and not catching!

But it is a rare event at Yes Bay to have a day this bad...

So please say a prayer to the fish and weather gods for a better tomorrow!!

There are a couple pictures:







Not a real Great Day at Yes Bay!!
But tomorrow will be better!!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 31st - Yes Bay Lodge Fishing Report

A little anxiety this morning for a guest leaving as we had some pretty dense fog early this morning, but the plane overnighted and so only had to water taxi out the Bay to find clearer skies into to town, it was clear there, just fog in and around Yes Bay with a much higher ceiling out front and into town...but foggy morning means calm waters and for the most part a sunny morning after the fog burned off and continuing calm winds all day with no rain...and better fishing, we had to travel a little further but we found some nice silvers and most boats brought some in...

Here are today's pictures:















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

Capt Jim
(Professor)