I have been chatting to some guys in Alaska for a while about a trip and its on the cards over the next couple of years.
I have not fished Vancouver but I know that the halibut fishing has been in decline now for a decade.
The Alaskan halibut fishing does look interesting but you risk is weather, you hit a week with big winds you are going no where..... theres no inlets or fjords the fish are generally in the deep blue.
But the chance to catch a lot of big fish will inevitably mean I will go.
I like the fly, drive, hotel format of Canadian fishing and have done a lot of trips over the last 25 years.