Possession Limit Alaska

[BuzzH]

How much does it cost you to get that all home?

Less than $100 for 3 50lb boxes.

 

[BuzzH]

Have ya ever figured out what that cost's by the pound? Have a brother used to go up every year for Halibut. Travel was expensive for then, cheap for now! Stayed at a lodge for a week and out on a boat every day. Fish were all cleaned and packed for him. Other than travet, didn't cost him a dime. Lodge owner was a client of his!

Not really, but around $20/lb all in probably but the best quality fish you'll ever get. Plus the fun of catching them.

 

[Dave N]

Plus the fun of catching them.

Yes, sir! So much fun! Then eating the fish at home brings back the memories. Only brought home Salmon and Halibut but damn it was good. Been awhile since we ran out. Haven't been to Alaska for almost 2 years now, and haven't fished since 2018 maybe? Always wanted to do it again. Covid and car shortages put a whack on things.

 

[Salmonchaser]

I guided in Alaska for the last twenty years, better than 80% of our guests were repeats. Over time it became clear, folks who came for the adventure had a much better trip than those who came for body count. I think folks should go to Alaska, have a great time and take home as much fish as they can eat. Regardless what Comm Fish does, salmon are a limited resource, we all play a part in their survival. Let your friends book their own trip

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

However the daily limit still applies even if they are processed. Kings are an annual limit, processed or not. Sockeye, silvers and pinks in most areas you just keep them processed, read vacuum sealed and frozen. Figure 3 to 4 limits on Sockeye fillets will give you a fifty pound fish box. 3 limits of silvers will get you there as well.
Good luck have fun.

So digging up an old thread because it's fairly close to my question.

What's your take on daily vs possession limit while fishing overnight?

The typical example, start fishing at ten pm on the Russian, catch your daily limit six fish before midnight. After midnight you catch your next daily limit of six. Assuming current increased limit.

Is it legal to have all 12 fish on the bank and in your pack back to the parking lot? I've always been told yes, and logically I agree but I'm not totally sure.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Without looking and the caveat I retired from guiding last year, I believe the regulations clearly state no more than the daily limit without having the fish processed. If the regs just say 3 per day, emergency order increased to 6 and no limitation on on how many daily limits you may have, your concept is correct. Been a long time since I had anyone out after midnight! I wouldn’t like that many fish on the beach.

 

[Rzrbk]

Yet, commercial by-catch is tossed in the ocean by the tons...yeah, lets get down on the sport fishermen. That's not including what is taken for the market.

Last I looked, sport fishing accounted for around 10% of the halibut taken each year in AK. I've watched my limits as a sport fisherman get reduced for nearly all species. Halibut used to be 2 any size, now its one under and one over a day. Black rockfish from no limit, to 10 to 5 and now 3. Salmon has stayed pretty similar in the salt. Commercial fishermen are limited by TONS of halibut, TONS of black rock fish, and I'm supposed to feel guilty killing some fish? Of course the crucifiers are a great deal for the halibut the commercial long liners use, too lazy to unhook an undersized fish by hand, so tear half its face off "releasing" it.

It's ridiculous to blame sport fishermen for being gluttons when you see the coast guard have to escort salmon boats to tenders because they have zero free-board they have so many pounds of fish.

I have no moral issue bringing 100-150 pounds of sport caught fish back to Laramie each year, absolutely none.

I do spread it around some, share a bit with my neighbors and friends, but by August each year, its gone.

Yep, I worked as a Fisheries Observer for NOAA on a trawler in the Bering Sea and so got a firsthand look at the fishing industry. It's ugly and many observers will not hold their ground when crews start tossing bycatch overboard, which is standard operating procedure since they get docked for salmon when it's bycatch. Big business brings political power to compromise our best science laid out in the Pacific Salmon Commission so that harvest is often more than recommended. Sportfishers don't have the political clout and so industry pushes the boundary of sustainable harvest.

 

[Rzrbk]

Charter sport fishermen catch 2-3 million tons of halibut a year less than half of the by-catch alone.

It wouldn't be a race to the bottom if commercial fishing was limited more...26 million tons of halibut taken by commercial fishing each year...not to mention the 5-6 million tons of by catch.

I think I know who's killing the most fish...and what the problem is.

I think you should re-read my post too, I give some fish to my neighbors, family, and friends, and I don't need to justify it.

And while on the subject of elk, there's talk of aerial gunning elk in Wyoming right now because a lot of hunters are too damn stupid and/or lazy to get them killed. Issuing more and more tags isn't working.

Would you rather the GF mow them down from the air and leave them to rot, or have a hunter kill them and give the meat to others?

In my opinion, we could end all sportfishing and the commercial fishery would still push to extreme harvest levels and we'd be in the same place. The fishing industry is powerful and they will take up all slack and then push to take the last fish. It's competition that causes trawlers to leave harbor in the middle of a hurricane to make sure they get their share of the quota before it's gone. I don't blame an industry for trying to get more, but I do blame Gov for not holding ground.

 

[Addicting]

Yes, sir! So much fun! Then eating the fish at home brings back the memories. Only brought home Salmon and Halibut but damn it was good. Been awhile since we ran out. Haven't been to Alaska for almost 2 years now, and haven't fished since 2018 maybe? Always wanted to do it again. Covid and car shortages put a whack on things.

It’s been a year and as the circumstances change where you will be able to get away for a week, let me know.

I will jump on a plane with you and fill a box.

 

[Dave N]

It’s been a year and as the circumstances change where you will be able to get away for a week, let me know.

I will jump on a plane with you and fill a box.

I would love to be able to go back! Unfortunately, I'm not able to get away from home for more than a few hours because of the wife. Even if I could go it would be hard to scrape up the money now that I'm not working. Even the little things got pricey!