05-20-2015, 04:42 PM
We did an Alaska Cruise in 2009 and I set up my own day trip out of Sitka. I don't remember the name of the outfit that took three of us out, but it worked out very well for us. We caught Kings and Silvers.
Just a couple things that you should be aware of. In Sitka you have to be tendered from the ship to the dock, and the ship lets the paqssengers that set up trips through them get off the ship first. Our guide contacted us by cell phone as soon as the ship arrived, and keep checking on our progress until we arrived at the marina.
Also our guide took us out further than those that had booked through the ship. He said that if the fish were closer to Sitka the other boats would do good, but the fish were out farther than they would take their clients. Later we compared note with several people that had gone out that didn't catch anything.
While at home, before we even booked with our guide, I made sure he new the schedules of the ships and would get us back on time to be tendered to the ship. He said he does it all the time, and if he didn't get us to the dock to be tendered he would get us out to the ship, and if we missed the ship he would get us to the ships next stop.
I will let you know if I remember who we went out with.
Brian
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Just a couple things that you should be aware of. In Sitka you have to be tendered from the ship to the dock, and the ship lets the paqssengers that set up trips through them get off the ship first. Our guide contacted us by cell phone as soon as the ship arrived, and keep checking on our progress until we arrived at the marina.
Also our guide took us out further than those that had booked through the ship. He said that if the fish were closer to Sitka the other boats would do good, but the fish were out farther than they would take their clients. Later we compared note with several people that had gone out that didn't catch anything.
While at home, before we even booked with our guide, I made sure he new the schedules of the ships and would get us back on time to be tendered to the ship. He said he does it all the time, and if he didn't get us to the dock to be tendered he would get us out to the ship, and if we missed the ship he would get us to the ships next stop.
I will let you know if I remember who we went out with.
Brian
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