I want to try Halibut fishing this spring, I've never done it before so I have a few questions. I'm thinking about Port Angelas area. My brother and I are going to Seiku in June for a weekend of halibut fishing. What are the preferred method for fishing them? Does it matter if you are fishing either a outgoing or incoming tide? What kind of bait is typically used? I'm not looking for super secret spots just want to be pointed in the right direction. If you don't want to give out info please feel free to email me at bazequad@juno.com.

Use a spreader bar with bait or jigs. Usually you want to fish a slack tide so you can get your offering to the bottem.
Google halibut...I found lots of good "how to" info when I did that last year.

If you have any old freezer burnt salmon it's killer bait.

kophish- how do you get the salmon to stay on a hook?

I've gotten away from the metal spreaders and gone to the ones made from cord, I make my own from 52" long line gangion or tuna cord, I saw some at Outdoor Emporium last week when I was there and you can buy one just to see how they are made, takes maybe a minute to do one. The cords work better and are a lot cheaper. Large herring, squid, octopus work well for bait, pipe jigs work well as does a large curly tail on a lead head, halibut generally aren't fussy feeders if you get something close to them they are going to eat it but they can get pretty closed mouthed if the current is moving plus it can be just about impossible to hold bottom so you have to pick your tides especially when fishing the straits. PM or email me if you like and we can carry on a longer discussion that way.

SS,
Big circle hooks threaded thru a couple times. But we always bring some squid, herring, & octopus too.

Thanks Kophish. After I typed that I remember using fresh salmon belly meat in AK. I forgot the skin works well to hold the hook on.
I've caught quite a few on octopus too. I bought it in a jar at Outdoor Emporium. That stuff really stays on the hook!