Halibut fishing: where is least likely to be cancelled/affected due to weather?
Long story short, I booked 2 days of halibut fishing out of Homer for June 26 and 27 and was incredibly disappointed. 6 of us on private boats both days. First day got 5 nice halibut, captain refused to take us out to limit out on smaller halibut due to wind. Second day captain cancelled due to weather (as did most other charters), but I found someone who was willing to take us out in the afternoon and was unable to get out to his halibut spot due to wind and we left that trip with a single small cod. The entire time Homer was getting battered with wind I was looking at Whittier and Seward and they seemed to have calmer seas.
Would like to return to Alaska for some hopefully successful halibut fishing. Does anyone know if Whittier and/or Seward are usually less affected by wind/weather?
Also how far out are captains traveling to fishing grounds out of Whittier and Seward? My thought was that they typically go out further (time-wise) but I was surprised many captains out of Homer are still going out 2+ hours one way to get to fishing spots and if that's the case I might as well go out of Whittier or Seward since it's much more of a commitment to get down to Homer. Thanks everyone