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Ninilchik is a small Russian fishing village. The lodge we will be fishing out of is nearby. The picture you see here is the Russian Orthodox Church located in the village and it was built around 1900. If you click the link you will discover its history.

Overlooking Cook Inlet the saltwater fishing is primarily for Halibut. Halibut look like giant flounder for those of you that are used to the fish of the Gulf Coast. On one website I found a picture of a couple that had caught a 466 pound Halibut. The limit is two Halibut per person per day. A 466 pound fish is hard to imagine and it certainly is an unusual haul. For those of you that might be interested, the following are some interesting facts.

Twilight is at 4:51 a.m. - Sunrise at 5:51 a.m. - Sunset is at 10:34 p.m. - and evening twilight is at 11:32 p.m. This equates to just over 5 hours of darkness and a whole lot of daylight for fishing. The temperature will range from 40's to the 60's with a chance of getting in to the low 70's. The time zone is 4 hours behind EDT, 3 hours behind CDT etc.

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