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Customers often ask us 'When is the best time to come up to Alaska for halibut fishing charters?'. Unlike salmon fishing in the rivers of Alaska, the fishing isn't as heavily dependant upon a specific date ... halibut fishing usually remains fairly consistent throughout the summer months.

Choosing the right tides helps you get into nice fish!

While time of year has some influence (June and July are usually best), the major deciding factor for scheduling the very best times is based upon the varying tides that influence the halibut fishing throughout the area.

Whenever possible, we try to only fish the high slack tide on our Cook Inlet trips. Generally, halibut fishing around a high tide seems to provide a better bite than fishing around a low tide ... thus we always try to schedule our halibut fishing trips around them.

The amount of tidal swing also can have a large influence on halibut fishing success in Alaska's Cook Inlet, and to a lesser degree in other Peninsula fisheries.

Big tide swings usually mean that the charters have to fish shallower water with more weight than usual ... and the window of fishing time is shorter around a big tide swing than a smaller swing.

Lots of nice fish!!

Fishing shallower water usually doesn't mean lower success, rather it means that, on average, the halibut will tend to be a little smaller. It's certainly not a big concern if you're looking for the best eating fish (20-40 lbs.), but something to consider if your primary consideration is having a shot a truly huge Alaskan halibut.

In order to help you plan your halibut fishing trip to Alaska, we have compiled the tide tables for 2008 & 2009 for several locations in Alaska so that you see the times of small, medium, and large tide swings.

Simply pick your location, and the timeframe you want, and a new browser window will open with a whole month tide chart in JPEG form that is easily printable!

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Region Tide Charts for 2008 and 2009
2008 Tides
Ninilchik	Seldovia	Seward
May 2008	May 2008	May 2008
June 2008	June 2008	June 2008
July 2008	July 2008	July 2008
August 2008	August 2008	August 2008

	2009 Tides
Ninilchik	Seldovia	Seward
May 2009	May 2009	May 2009
June 2009	June 2009	June 2009
July 2009	July 2009	July 2009
August 2009	August 2009	August 2009

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