NEWS & EVENTS
This week with the pink salmon moving closer in shore the bigger Barndoors are starting to move in.Our Clients were very happy to be out on the sea the last few days.
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Posts Tagged ‘alaska halibut fishing’First Barn Door of the Season – Best Alaska Halibut Fishing in Uyak BayWednesday, July 14th, 2010Last weekend we rounded up the first barn door of the season…  Happy clients from SoCal sporting their catch
 Captain TJ with a big halibut Pictures from the First Two Weeks of 2010Thursday, July 8th, 2010The 2010 season is off to a fantastic start! In the first two weeks of the season we’ve had sixteen happy clients roll through the new Kodiak Legends Lodge.
While we’ve had unseasonably rainy and overcast weather, fishing has been off to a great start with many days of halibut limits, several saltwater kings and lots of freshwater days of double digits on rainbows, dollies and sockeye salmon. Nine-year old Cole Singer from San Diego recorded an early season record with more than 30 rainbow trout landed and released on a fly rod in a quick morning outing.  First tanner crabs of the year!
 A rainbow being released  A bed of flowers growing in the middle of the river  Fighting a big sockeye
Hooking a fish: A Magical Connection between Angler and Natural WorldTuesday, May 18th, 2010In just a couple weeks, Kodiak Legends Lodge will officially open up for the 2010 season. Our team can’t wait to get back on the water and is counting down the days!
We’ve had a busy, productive off-season — we attended several sporting shows, built out a new website, renovated and upgraded the interior of the lodge and constructed a new screened-in “crab shack” to hang out in during the evenings for crab boils and cocktails. We also broke ground on a private, two-bedroom cabin, bought new furniture (that we shipped all the way from Thailand!), and dramatically increased our fly fishing capabilities. We have made a large investment in equipment and gear – more than a dozen high quality Orvis Helios rods and reels and plenty of waders. Lodge guests will no longer have to lug their waders and rods up to Kodiak – we’ll take care of outfitting you head to toe!
With our new guides, equipment and several new rivers we’re adding to the line-up, there is no question that we have the most comprehensive fly fishing program on Kodiak Island. From the most inexperienced to the most adept, we encourage all aspiring or expert fly fisherman to join us to catch salmon, steelhead, dollies, char and rainbows! We look forward to the best season yet for Kodiak Legends! Alaska Halibut Fishing – New Regulations to Devastate Halibut Charter BusinessesWednesday, March 17th, 2010New Permit System Means 38% of Charter Businesses Out of Halibut Business beginning in 2011 Under the new permit system announced in January 2010 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), all Alaska halibut fishing charter boats will be required to carry a new limited entry permit in order to legally fish for halibut beginning in the 2011 season.
In order to qualify for a permit, businesses will have to prove that they made at least five halibut fishing trips in three random years – 2004, 2005 and 2008. Those that cannot show this usage in those years will be out of luck. The NOAA has stated that the new regulations are necessary to restrict the amount of charter halibut fishing boats and prevent overfishing. However, based on IPHC 2009 Report, the Alaska sport halibut fishing industry’s harvest of 8.7 million pounds represents less than 13% of the total halibut harvested; by comparison, the commercial halibut fishing industry harvested 51.2 million pounds and represented 76% of the 2009 total halibut catch. NOAA’s new regulations will significantly impact the charter boat industry. Opponents of the rules decry that the regulations are un-American and anti-free enterprise . Bob Howard, owner-operator of Sea Nymph Charter complains that the regulations are “in conflict with the American free enterprise system. It’s like saying if you weren’t running a restaurant in 2004 or 2005 and 2008, you’re out of business.” Howard did not fish in 2004 or 2005 because he was investing $100k in upgrading his 32-foot Sea Nymph so he will not qualify for a permit. If Howard wants to continue in the business, he will be forced to buy a transferrable permit. Several permits are for sale on both craigslist and SE Alaska Guides Organization for $100k or more. Several experts on Alaska fishing have commented that by making the permits transferrable, they have created a windfall for those that were in the “right place at the right time” and qualify based upon the randomly chosen years of operation. A halibut captain getting ready to retire has likely just received a substantial retirement bonus through the market design of this program. In any case, what is clear is that the new regulations will significantly change the halibut charter industry by reducing competition and, according to the 259-page Environmental Assessment & Impact Report, it will put almost 4 Alaska charter businesses out of 10 out of business. 327 businesses in regions 3A and 2C are not projected to qualify for permits, while 527 businesses will receive permits. Further information on the new charter Alaska halibut fishing permit program can be found on the NOAA website. |
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