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I am once again looking for advice, tips, and recommendations on an Alaskan fishing trip. I am wanting to fish for salmon (definitely kings) but also the other species. Also would like to catch some halibut. Would love for some of you to share your experiences and even pics and good lodges to stay at. I am looking at taking my grandfather and my dad. It would be a memorable experience . Thanks in advance!

Yakutat.

the nush still has catchable numbers.


https://fishthenush.com/fishing-packages/

I've realized several things -

1. I'll likely never move to AK and live there - too tied down here and not many jobs I can find for a guy like me
2. I still want to visit
3. My dream would be to fly to AK - rod and reel included and find a town where I can rent a car/truck and fish on my own with a reasonable chance of success. I don't want to bounce all over AK looking for 90 species of fish - just 1 town, 1 truck and a week of fishing like I do here. On my own, not super concerned about what I catch.
4. I have no idea what town would best meet that criteria

So - TLDR - tag

The Northwest Territories and Yukon might be interesting places to explore for such an adventure. Not easy, but fun for the well prepared. Of course soon you will probably need to have a vaccine passport or something.

GBL in Yakutat.

My last Alaska fishing trip was to Yakutat and while the kings were not running we did great on the other salmon as well as halibut out in the bay. The only problem bay fishing was the stupid dog sharks grabbing just about anything you put down for bait. The place we stayed was like a rustic Air BNB and it had inside fish cleaning station, vacuum pack equipment and freezers for us to use. The owner ran a commercial fishing boat during the days while we headed to the river in our rusted out Dodge van. Tnhis is the bear/fisherman trail we hiking in on each day to get back up the river. We did share it with bears several times but that just lets you know you aren't in Kansas anymore Toto!

The Nushagak or the Yak.

I'm no expert on fishing Alaska, only been there once, but I really enjoyed a combo trip (Salmon, halibut, cod) out of Miller's Landing in Seward.

The small fishing boat held 6 anglers and the captain/fishing guide. I think it cost about 450 bucks total for the day trip including license and tips.


Kings weren't running, but the Silvers were sure fun to catch not to mention the halibut.


ps - might want to post this in the Alaska branch

I remember watching shows on TV in the 60's or so about guys catching grayling and char like crazy while wading in shallow rivers. Is that sort of thing still possible?