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Message: [QUOTE="AlaskaSU, post: 1651274, member: 230"] How is the fishing? Juneau fishing is seasonal; salmon during their respective runs and halibut. Halibut fishing is much better about 50 miles out, over in Icy Straight (Gustavus) where record breaking fish are caught. Icy straight is about 5 miles wide but it is shallow with a sandy bottom due to outwash from Glacier Bay, just what halibut love. The best salmon fishing is 100 miles from Juneau on the outside and Cross sound around Elfin Cove. As to the Inside waters, southern and central SE are generally much better than Northern SE. Local fishermen do not bother to keep cod, chum salmon and pink salmon. Crabbing for Kings, Tanners and Dungees is good as is shrimping. Personally, I like casting from the banks of a river for Cohos in late August and early Sept. Yes, I know of places where you can get a trout every cast, but they are remote and not easy to get to. [/QUOTE]