Just wanted to update this. The reply was for Elfin Cove/Icy Straits, which is about 90 miles South of Haines. That area has always been good for halibut and yellow eye.

This year 2006 I have had reports of the halibut being caught out at Elfin Cove but no word yet of any local caught halibut near Haines. But it's a little early yet.
Late June thru September they will be here. Sure hope more than last year.
Good luck all!