| Alaska is arguably the best fishing destination in | | | | Valdez, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell and |
| the entire world. With so many places to go, | | | | Homer, Alaska. |
| beautiful scenery and thousands upon thousands | | | | The inside passage is the section of land farthest |
| of salmon and halibut, you can understand why | | | | south and also closest to the United States. This |
| anglers enjoy fishing in Alaska. While most anglers | | | | area consists of several towns that offer some |
| think of salmon when they think of Alaska fishing, | | | | excellent halibut fishing. The southern region of the |
| there are fish called halibut that provide some | | | | inside passage consists of Ketchikan, Petersburg |
| spectacular fishing opportunities. | | | | and Wrangell. The northern region of the inside |
| Pacific Halibut can grow extremely big with most | | | | passage consists of Sitka, Juneau, Haines and |
| fish averaging around 30 pounds and some fish | | | | Skagway. Sitka is one of the most popular towns |
| exceeding 600 pounds. Most of these fish are | | | | to visit for planning a Halibut fishing trip and you |
| caught near the bottom, but they will come up in | | | | can also catch plenty of salmon as well if you hire |
| the water column to feed and we have even | | | | a fishing charter. |
| seen some videos on youtube that showed | | | | The Prince William Sound is another popular area |
| people feeding the halibut near the surface from a | | | | for Halibut fishing. This region is located in south |
| charter boat. | | | | central Alaska and it consists of Cordova, Valdez |
| Some of the cities in Alaska have excellent salt | | | | and Whittier. Each of these towns has fishing |
| water fishing for halibut and salmon as well as | | | | charters available and you should be able to catch |
| good salmon and trout fishing on area rivers and | | | | Halibut and Salmon on the same charter. |
| streams. If you plan a trip to target Halibut, you | | | | If you would like to get some more information |
| will need to be in a town that has a port so the | | | | on any or all of these areas we listed, take a look |
| boats have access to the salt water . The | | | | at our Alaska fishing page for visitor guides, fishing |
| following are some of the popular towns: Sitka, | | | | charters and lodging. |
| Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Cordova, Whittier, | | | | |