If my sister, in the security of retirement, with as little opportunity as inclination to do evil, could not avoid censure, we must not rashly condemn those who, living in the world and surrounded with temptations, should be accused of errors which they are known to have the power of committing.
When To Fish The Ocean. Sitka's Pacific Ocean king salmon fishing is in full swing in May and June, with stragglers swimming by through mid-August. July, August and early September host the late silver salmon run. Sitka, home to Alaska's largest marine silver salmon fishery, ranging from 30 to 126 pounds.
Visit Juneau from April to November to see 600 humpback whales and orcas navigating the northern Inside Passage. See more than 3,000 bald eagles at the Haines Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in mid-November. From July through September, see black bears, grizzlies and brown bears fishing the salmon runs.