I've hunted with David Bentiz out of Wrangell on his boat. We anchored in a cove and took out a skiff riding around glassing the shore line for bears. We saw LOTS of bears. When we saw a good one we would tie the boat off from shore with an anchor and rope set up. Beaching is a bad idea with the tides. We finally found a really good one and we landed, down wind, and stalked up the beach. Late May, early June was the best time for big bears that hadn't rubbed too bad. You'll see lots of rubbed bears, it's not a science. You can go fishing in the spring but I don't believe there is any other hunting. I hunted 17 years ago with David.
We went back on a second self guided hunt and did nearly as well but we had a friend that lived on Kosciusko Island and he let us stay with him and use his 4 wheeler. We shot blackies out of clear cuts.
