Week of June 29th to July 2

Thinking of heading down to Seward next week, ahead of the big 4th of July chaos.  I have a few plans for the 3rd 4th, but am thinking I can spend the early part of the week there and see what I can turn up.

Anyone else likely to make it down to Seward after the weekend let me know.  Hoping to explore both the head of the bay and hit the Lowell to Caines area if the tide and times are good.

I am going some time from tomorrow through the 7/1/15. I  am just watching the weather I am off from tonite through 7/1/15. I want to try some different water and have a chance for multiple species.

I just can't get myself to go to Seward till later in the year. I've caught silvers chums and pinks by tonsina creek as well as halibut.  I've caught pretty decent rockfish deep of CAines head. I've never done well but have heard the cliffs south of the prison produce rockfish and halibut.

I'll be at the normal boring spot. I need a king but have my ten year old plus guests. Not sure what I'm going to do.

If I am not working any day next week, I would definitely like to join you.

If you're interested in black cod, they are stacked up in front of and just north of Tonsina beach.

If I am not working any day next week, I would definitely like to join you.

If you're interested in black cod, they are stacked up in front of and just north of Tonsina beach.

Beachmaster - I may take a few cod if I can find them, let me know what depth you were seeing them and I'll cruise around a bit.   Haven't kept Cod in years, but with Kardinal raving about them I may just have to and see how they come up. 

AKRod - I got an invite to pop down and try a Mokai on Saturday, so will be doing the Kayak/PB crossover thing and see what thats all about.   I am watching the weather as well, thinking to pop back down early in the week, especially if I can stick a couple of any species on my power-scouting expedition!

Not sure if my last post went through about depth.... but the cod were everywhere. They were 10-60 feet down anywhere from the beach out to 200 feet deep. They were biting my whole herring rig for halibut as well as my spinning wafer rig for salmon. Try just north and north east of the beach as well. Maybe I'll see you out there if I get a day off!

Weather depending I am down for a trip anywhere, I have Wednesday off and working the weekend. Seward calls for
.WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

I hit the beach on Saturday, enjoyed rain and Seas 2, with variable 5 to 10 depending on location.  The seas 2 forecast turned into what felt like seas 1, with some periods of long swell easy seas 2, but on Sat that seemed to be from the east wind.   See other post (Walk on the Dark Side) for fish report, but for this thread suffice to say I found the juvenile cod in several places between Lowell Pt and Caines head., generally around 60 to 180 feet down.   P-cod as well, bigger but nasty looking.

My situation is less certain to give me a day of fishing now, but will advise if I can get back down there it would likely be for noon and later tides.

Watch the south wind - if it blows for a while you can get a chop for your return to the beach - and sometimes with right angle can drive a break against lowell beach making your landfall more exciting.