| Come up to Alaska with us and enjoy one of life's best-kept secrets. Here we on in Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Alaska fishing the In-side passage. What more could you want? We offer a do-it-yourself hunting and fishing vacation. The only guiding we do is for the halibut and salmon fishing on the ocean. We have World-class salmon and halibut fishing with lots of other bottom fish being caught. We have one of the largest numbers of black bear and Sitka Blacktail deer in the world to hunt and miles of river fishing. Our accommodations are second to none and you will be treated like family here at Thorne Bay Lodge. While you are with us you will have a vehicle of ours to do all your hunting, fishing or sightseeing here on the Island.
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Halibut |
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| We have world-class halibut fishing here off of Prince of Wales and what makes it so unique is that we are fishing on the In-Side passage side of the Island. It is like fishing on a lake. You don't get the big rollers like fishing on the ocean side. Fishing in 250 feet of water and we are only using about 16oz of lead. Everyone can do it. We are catching halibut June through August with lots of fish from 25 - 40 pounds (the good eating ones) but rest assure there are plenty of the monsters to fight.
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Salmon |
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| There are all five species of salmon caught off of Prince of Wales Island. The King salmon are running off and on from June through August. He Pinks are getting caught in July and August. The end of July through August we are catching lots of silvers salmon or Coho along with some chum salmon. We may be trolling or chumming for these salmon but however we are fishing it sure adds a fun day of fishing.
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| Prince of Wales Island has miles of rivers to fish. Light line fishing is very popular. They say it is a fly fisherman's paradise and I believe it. In the spring the rivers are full of steelhead and August and September the rivers are full of salmon. And all year long you have trout fishing that is unbelievable.
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Hunting |
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| Prince of Wales Island has the largest numbers of black bear and Sitka Blacktail deer in the world. May and June is the popular spring black bear hunting. Then in September it opens up again and the fall hunts are awesome. Hunters come from all over the world for a chance at these big bruins. Also, the Sitka Blacktail deer are everywhere. These little trophies are another prize you can put on your wall.
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" I want to thank you for the experience of a lifetime. I had so much fun. Thanks for being so patient with me when I cught my huge fish. I was so excited. Catching a 5 ft sturgeon WOW!
We had a blast. On the way home that's all we talked about was our fishing trip and how many fish we caught. Thanks again for everythng"
Shannon
Oregon
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