Homer Halibut Fishing Begins Here!
Homer Halibut Hunters is an Alaska saltwater charter company located on the world-famous Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. The Homer Spit offers amazing views of Kachemak Bay and several large glaciers along with shopping, cafes, and restaurants. It’s also home to our neighbors, the Salty Dawg Saloon, built in 1897 and marked the establishment of the town itself. Other
We offer a variety of salt-water sport fishing adventures – usually involving some pretty big halibut! We invite you to join us on our adventures for an amazing experience on Alaska’s waters in the “The Halibut Capital of the World!”
Homer Halibut Hunters offers fantastic world-class Alaska saltwater fishing adventures for halibut, salmon, rockfish, and lingcod.
Homer Halibut Hunters takes great pride in the quality of our boats, our crew, and our professionalism. We provide a variety of day trips, multi-species, trips, shorter excursions, and even long range trophy trips.
One of the great things about fishing the fertile waters of Alaska is you never know exactly what you’re going to reel up. Halibut of all sizes, Great Alaska Skates, octopus, yelloweye and many other species of rockfish are all possibilities.
95% of all Pacific Halibut are caught in the waters of Alaska. And, of all the halibut caught in Alaska, the waters surrounding Kachemak Bay delivery more halibut than any other port. On a typical year, Homer brings in approximately 2.5 million pounds of halibut compared to 2 million pounds each in Kodiak and Seward which is why Homer has the title of the halibut fishing capital of the world.
Our Fleet
Our boats are named after Orion the Hunter and Scorpio the scorpion, and Europa, the princess who captured the admiration of Zeus. Greek mythology says that Orion The Hunter drew the ire of Gaia the goddess of Earth, when he bragged about being such an adept hunter that he was going to kill all the animals on earth. To prevent this slaughter, Gaia sent Scorpio the giant scorpion to kill Orion. It was an amazing contest that was witnessed by Zeus and Artemis. They were so impressed by the battle that both contestants were raised to the heavens in honor of their great battle.
Orion, Scorpio, and Europa are three of the finest boats you’ll find in Homer. Each is spacious, comfortable, fast, and capable.
To guarantee a first-class, personalized fishing experience and maximize your chances of landing that fish of a lifetime, we restrict the number of anglers on our boats to just six individuals. Our high-speed boats ensure we reach the fishing grounds swiftly, granting you the most fishing time possible during the day. We can accommodate group sizes of up to 18 but groups will be need to be split into parties of 6 or less per boat.
Just like the battle between Orion and Scorpio, it’s always exciting to see which of the boats won the battle for the biggest fish of the day.
Every Halibut Counts
Did you know that it is estimated that nearly 50% of all the halibut caught in Alaska are released? This is due to either regulation requirements or due to angler preference. Without a doubt a certain number of these released halibut will die. Good fishing practices and ethical fishing help ensure this precious resource will be there for the future.
Homer Halibut Hunters is proud to be great stewards in this regard and following best practices such as minimal handling, gentle care of fish that are planned to be released, never lifting a fish solely by the tail, releasing fish in the water and more. If you want to learn more about how we can all enjoy this amazing sport fishery while protecting it for our children, grandchildren, and beyond, read more about the Every Halibut Counts program.
Release A Monster!
Did you also know that most male halibut rarely reach 36″ which is about 21 lbs. This means that almost any halibut weighing more than 21 lbs is most likely a female. Certainly any of the 40+ lb fish or larger we catch on every trip are females. And, the bigger they are, the more eggs they produce. A 50 lb female, which is around 4 feet in length, will lay around 500,000 eggs annually. A 250 lb halibut is estimated to lay nearly 4 million eggs annually! That sounds great to us! So, we’ve created our Release A Monster Program!
As a way of saying thank you for helping us to protect this amazing fishery, anyone releasing a 250 lb halibut or larger receives their fishing trip for that day free of charge!
