We allow you to pick the length and timing of your visit. Your stay can be as short or long as you want it to be. You may arrive or depart on any day of the week. The one constraint is you must arrive in King Salmon (AKN) on a late morning flight and depart on a mid-afternoon flight. Specific dates are subject to availability.

With only two clients per guide, the clients receive a lot of individual attention and assistance as we cater to their needs and desires. Instruction is part of the job for a guide. If you want some pointers or instructions, they will provide them.

What's Included:

• Fully guided fishing for 2 per boat for up to 9 hours of fishing daily.

• Lodging, meals, use of our gear and terminal tackle and so much more.

• Transfers by van and floatplane between the King Salmon Airport (AKN) and the lodge.

• Processing and vacuum packaging of your salmon in airline-approved containers we provide.

What's Not Include:

• Round-trip transportation from your home to King Salmon.

• Personal clothing suitable for wet-cold weather and items of a personal nature.

• Alaska fishing license and king salmon tags.

• Guide and staff tips (Optional and with the ability to prepay as detailed above.)

• Adult beverages for personal consumption.

Almost all the Alagnak River and its headwaters are contained within the wilderness areas of Katmai National Park and The Alagnak Wild River. There are no roads to the Alagnak River and it is difficult to reach by water, so the Alagnak is generally accessed only by aircraft. This, and the total lack of any sort of development ensures the Alagnak River remains pristine wilderness with few fishermen. The lower river is an alluvial plain; the river meanders with channels running from eight to twelve feet deep through the silty sandbars. The returning king, red, chum, silver and pink salmon use the daily tides to propel themselves over the sandbars at the mouth of the river. We are five miles upstream from Bristol Bay and the tides can raise the river up to 10 feet at our location. The fish often linger in the lower river as they acclimate back to fresh water before pushing themselves upriver to return to their spawning grounds.

At the Alagnak Lodge fishermen of all skill levels consistently catch fish. We use a variety of fishing equipment and techniques depending on the circumstances and will adapt to your choice of fly, spinning or casting rods, reels, lines and terminal tackle.

King salmon prefer to stay in the deeper water, and most of the king fishing takes place from the boat. The sockeye, chums, pinks and silvers and native stream fish will be on or along the edges of the many sandbars or banks and are targeted mostly with fly or spinning gear. The sandbars and banks can be fished from the boat or by wading.

Full refund for COVID related inability to travel.