Alaska Halibut Fishing Charters

Six-person halibut and combo trips out of Homer with Capt. Ethan Harders, a Maui transplant who worked from deckhand to his own boat by 2015.

Small Homer charter running halibut and salmon trips with Captain Mike at a reasonable price.

Homer charter with 20+ years fishing halibut, rockfish, salmon, and cod aboard the Berserker, a refitted 29' Blackfin — private or shared, six anglers max.

Fishing charter based in Seward, Alaska.

Juneau charter run by Captain David mixing king salmon and halibut fishing with whale watching, with flexible trips timed for cruise ship passengers.

Customized, all-inclusive Kodiak Island fishing and wilderness trips targeting salmon, halibut, lingcod, and rockfish, May through September.

Fishing charter based in Kodiak, Alaska.

Valdez charter putting anglers on silvers, kings, pinks, lingcod, and rockfish in Prince William Sound — no halibut trips offered.

Wrangell jet boat company running Anan bear tours, LeConte Glacier trips, Stikine River adventures, and fishing charters since 1989.

Charter fishing operation based at Anchor Point on the lower Kenai Peninsula.

Fishing charter based in Kasilof, Alaska.

Charter fishing out of the Deep Creek area near Ninilchik, Alaska.

Alaska Native, family-owned Wrangell operator running custom Bentz jet boat tours on the Stikine River, to LeConte Glacier, and the Anan Bear & Wildlife Observatory, plus Tlingit-guided cultural and heritage land tours.

Sport fishing charter based in Wrangell, Alaska.

Charter operation based in Haines, Alaska.

Gustavus charter run by Capt. Mike Halbert, guiding Southeast Alaska since 1985, with fishing and whale-watching trips near Glacier Bay.

Fishing charter based in Yakutat, Alaska.

Guided king salmon, halibut, and bottomfish charters out of Craig, with multi-day packages that pair fishing and island lodging.

Sport fishing charter based in Craig on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.

Klawock-based fishing charters on Prince of Wales Island — saltwater king salmon and halibut plus Klawock River coho, all on an island with an extensive road network unique in Southeast Alaska.

Elfin Cove straddles the boundary between Cross Sound and the open Gulf of Alaska on the northern tip of Chichagof Island, 85 miles west of Juneau, giving charter captains here direct access to some of the richest mixed-species grounds in Southeast Alaska. The outer-coast halibut and king salmon fishing is exceptional: kings migrating from the Gulf to rivers throughout the Pacific Northwest funnel through these waters in dense concentrations, and halibut over 200 pounds are caught regularly. The village has fewer than 25 year-round residents and is accessible only by floatplane or boat.

Cold Bay sits at the base of the Alaska Peninsula roughly 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, adjacent to Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and its lagoon system, one of the most productive eelgrass beds in the world. Small streams north and south of Cold Bay produce coho salmon fishing that local operators describe as among the best on the Peninsula, with Pacific halibut and Dolly Varden rounding out the saltwater and inshore options. Access is exclusively by air — Alaska Airlines serves Cold Bay with regular jet service — and most anglers combine fishing with the area's exceptional waterfowl hunting in fall.

Specializes in trophy king salmon and silver salmon fishing around Ketchikan, running early morning troll trips timed to tidal movements for maximum catch success.