August 24th - Fishing Report

Weather continued to hold with a little light misty rain a couple times during the day and light winds and heavy overcast. Some adventures to talk about and some nice fish were caught.

The pictures will tell most of the story!





The Kids had a great time today and a great catch, all by themselves!!















But the story of the day belongs to Snowman and crew, they were having a leisurely day fishing for Kings at Bell Island when all of a sudden the reel started pulling, the rod bent double and poor Sean thought they had managed to hook the bottom, except he knew they were in plenty of water. Lo and behold it started to move and ended up dragging the boat up and down the drift two times and after about a 2 1/2 hour struggle with an unknown behemoth, past time to come in the fight was over as the line broke, the rod broke and the reel broke...we have determined after examining the line and damage that they had been fighting what appeared to be about a 12 foot Salmon Shark. The skin of the shark frayed the line so bad that after several hours it gave way, when it did, the rod snapped back and broke the antenna on the boat. It was an Alaskan adventure to remember. Here is the happy crew showing off the broken rod!




Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 23rd Fishing Report

Weather continues to hold with a little wind and lumpy water this morning and slow fishing, but it calmed down this afternoon and the fish started biting, so it all ended well today with some real nice kings and few halibut, some nice rock fish and a good assortment of pinks, chum and some silvers...a little bit of everything today.

A Bunch of pictures today!



























And Happy Birthday to the Professor, Ely and Jack!

Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 22nd - Fishing Report

Sorry for not posting something yesterday, but it was a day of rest, clean boats and get ready for the large group which arrived today. Now we have a full house plus and all boats will be fishing tomorrow.

One boat made a quick trip bottom fishing this morning then a few boats went out this afternoon with some of the early arrivals, but it was a short afternoon after people unpacked and got settle in, the balance of the group arrived this afternoon late, so tomorrow will be a busy day around here.

The fishing this afternoon was not fast and furious with only a couple salmon on the dock a couple rockfish and a small halibut, but for actual time fished it was not too bad. There were a couple big fish who managed to live another day, but we will try to rectify that tomorrow.

Here are today's pictures!








Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 20th - Fishing Report

Weather took a little turn for the worse today with some wind and overcast skies and it was a little cooler today, but no rain.

One boat fishing and they pretty much concentrated on Salmon for the day. Brought in some nice pinks and a few silvers, released some pinks and lost a few bigger silvers. It was a good day fishing, not fast and furious, but if you stayed after them there were fish to be caught.

Here is today's picture...



Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 19th - Fishing Report

Weather continues to hold, cloudy this morning and sunny and warm this afternoon. The wind stayed down most of the day with some afternoon tide wind for a little lumpy ride home but still good fishing.

Only one boat fishing today, large group arrives in a couple days. Some nice silvers are beginning to show up as well as some pinks.

Here is today's picture!




Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 18th - Fishing Report

Weather stayed real nice, overcast this morning and calm but for the most part the wind stayed down almost all day, a little breezy this late afternoon. The sun came out in the afternoon for a beautiful finish to a good day.

A few of a large group hiked the trail today and fished in the river beside the Lodge, so less boats fishing today. Salmon bite was real slow most of the day, with very slow moving tides, which made for great bottom fishing, which is what most boats focused on.

The pictures tell the story with a few pink salmon and some nice halibut and a few nice yellow eyes and some big rock fish.














Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 17th - Fishing Report

Another beautiful sunny day today with light winds which made for some choosing where to fish, but it didn't seem to matter the fishing remains hot, right along with the weather. Warm, sunny and nice was the way the day was.

The pictures will tell the story with plenty of nice Kings hitting the dock a few silvers and some nice pinks along with a good assortment of halibut and rock fish!

On with the pictures!


















Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)

August 16th - Fishing Report

Another great weather day today some dense fog this morning, but it burned off to clear blue skies a touch of wind and some warm sunshine!

A large group arrived for a half day of fishing on their first day and hit it hard with some great fish on the dock, some nice halibut, a couple silvers, some pinks and a few nice Kings! We also had some people from the Expedition Cruise Ship the Wilderness Discovery join us for an afternoon of fishing and they had a grand time and got some fish to take home!

On with the pictures!

Our Wilderness Discovery Guests!
Plus they released a real nice halibut that was about 2 inches over the 45 inch NOAA Limit, caught by the young lady in the picture! But they have photos to remember it by!



Lodge Guests pictures












Always an Adventure at Yes bay Lodge in SE Alaska!

Capt Jim
(Professor)