Tag Archives: Valdez Outfitters

Epic Lingcod Action in the Gulf of Alaska

By: Chris Shaffer There’s no doubt Alaska serves up some of the best lingcod fishing in the world. And, while some areas offer better fishing than others nobody will argue how good the fishing is out of Valdez during the summer months. Of all the ports in Alaska, Valdez is one of our favorite, partially […]

Valdez Alaska Seeing Good Silver Bite

By: Chris Shaffer It took a mere 15 seconds to catch our first silver salmon out of Valdez and the bite didn’t slow down after. It was reminiscent of several years ago when Tim Bouchard of Valdez Outfitters used our Fire Brine herring to nab easy limits in a few short hours while filming Pautzke […]

Valdez Lingcod & Rockfish Providing World Class Fishing

By: Chris Shaffer While it took two hours to run from Valdez Harbor to the Gulf of Alaska, it took less than a minute to catch our first lingcod. And, literally a minute more to catch our second, third, forth, and so on. The lingcod bite was so hot that after two hours of nonstop […]

Valdez Alaska Silver Run Back On Track

By: Tim Bouchard Fishing for silvers was terrible out of Valdez last year. However, this season things are back to normal. One of the best silver runs in Alaska is back on track. We’re nearing the peak of our silver run and things are looking good. Meanwhile, it’s been a weird run. The silvers came […]