Just returned from SE Ak. and my question is: If fishing for halibut without a depth finder, are you better off anchoring and letting the fish come to you, or do you drift with the tide and go to the fish? I drifted, and while I caught some fish, I was told that was not really the proper way to do it. What do you all think? Just trying to figure out if I need to adjust my methods. By the way, I was fishing out of a small boat in relatively shallow water.(100 ft or less)
As a side note the king fishing was fantastic. I spent a lot more time fighting fish than fishing for them. All salmon fishing was in salt water, as river fishing here seems to be a snagging show, which I don't condone.