Larsgo,
I fish, shrimp and cruise on my R-27 inboard in the waters of Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound, AK. Bottom fishing for halibut, rock fish and ling cod works good for 3 or 4 people. Although when the fishing gets hot, you need one person dedicated to help bait, land the fish and get it onto a stringer to bleed out. We have also learned that any fish over 30 +/- pounds get's the harpoon to keep the blood and flapping fish off the cock pit deck. We do troll for salmon but I do not like to do that as I feel like it is like watching paint dry! We usually 'mooch' for silver salmon which really is like bottom fishing except we use a landing net.
The biggest challenge we face is storing the catch on ice. We typically go out for 2-5 days depending on the weather and the catch. I built a frame which is bolted to the swim step above the propane locker which holds a very large white cooler (120 gals?). We have had to cut a few trips short because we have run out of storage space for the filets. Not a bad problem to have! Our limit for halibut is 2 fish per person per day with 4 in possession. So when we have 3 people on board we are allowed to have 12 halibut over 2 days. If those fish turn out to be in the 60-80 pound range that's a lot of meat. I pre-freeze one gallon pink anti freeze bottles to provide the cooling required. We also tried vacuum packing on board last summer with mixed success.
The very best part of fishing from the R-27 is anchoring up in a calm cove for the night and cooking some of the days catch for dinner and then climbing into a comfortable warm bed for a nights rest. And you get to do it again the next day if you so chose.
