By Everett Potter

The sport fishing season in Alaska is upon us and there’s no one better to discuss it with than Captain Tom Ohaus, the founder and co-owner of Angling Unlimited. The Sitka-based outift was started by Ohaus some 30 years ago in Neah Bay in Washington State and moved northward to the Inside Passage a few years later. Every summer, Ohaus, his partner Chuck McNamee and their crew take anglers out on their fleet of custom-designed Almar boats to fish on some of the richest waters in the state. On board, it’s a mixed of CEO’s, corporate warriors, maybe a well-known politician or two and plenty of folks who simply love to wet a line. I recently had a chance to connect with Ohaus before his 2018 season started.

In a huge state with opportunities for fishing seemingly everywhere, why zero in on Sitka as a base for sport fishing?

The first decision point is binary – fresh or salt water. If you dream of standing in a broad river casting to salmon and/or trout, Sitka may not be your destination. If you dream of fishing one of the most productive stretches of the North Pacific, catching salmon, halibut, lingcod, and rockfish amidst a salt water wilderness, Sitka is as good as it gets … continue reading