Looking for advice on where to fish in Seward - probably just a half day. Two adults & two teens - not experienced with big fish at all. Would like the experience; trying to decide if it's worth the cost? The least expensive half-day trip I've found so far is about $160-200/person. And, we'll each need fishing licenses too. For 4 of us - that's a pretty expensive experience! Thanks for any tips!

The price sounds about right. Since most of the charters use the Seward Fish House, you might want to contact them by phone <907-224-3674
> for additional information.

My only recommendation is a negative one: Definitely, not Millers Landing!
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Unfortunately, that is what it costs nowadays with the price of fuel. You might consider only two of you fish and the other two do something else. Also depends on when you come - are you doing halibut and salmon? Seward and Homer busiest ports for fishing but Valdez is probably better for bigger fish overall. Or maybe you could charter the whole boat (6-pack) and pass some of the cost on a couple other people.

When will you be there? Around the Salmon Derby (usually second week in August) things get quite expensive in Seward.

In Seward you're fishing on salt water, and Resurrection Bay can get bumpy if the wind comes up. You might look at charters on the Kenai River, which not only has good Salmon runs, but also plenty of rainbow trout and Dolly Varden char. No halibut, of course.

We stayed in the Salt Water Lodge and enjoyed it. They offer Fjord/Wildlife Tours and one of those tours, the Combo, includes fishing as well. We did the Combo tour and enjoyed it. They use a smaller boat than the bigger tour companies.

http://www.alaskasaltwaterlodge.com/seward_fishing.htm

http://www.alaskasaltwaterlodge.com/...e_watching.htm

I'm going to try to get you to spend more money! One of the best things we did was a bear viewing/fishing trip out of Soldotna. We used Talon Air but I think others do it. We all caught several salmon and saw many bears. To us, this was really worth the cost. www.talonair.com

I also believe the Alaska Saltwater Lodge is a great choice, plus they offer great and personal charter fishing trips on a fast six pack boat. If you're looking to really save money, try your hand at freshwater fishing on the Kenai river or the inland lakes.