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Planning your fishing trip, best time for various species:


Man Holding a Fish
SpeciesSizeBest FishingAvailable
King Salmon5 to 60 lb. June 24 to July 21June 14 to July 29
Chum Salmon7 to 18 lb. June 28 to July 17June 22 to July 26
Silver or
Coho Salmon		7 to 14 lb. Aug. 6 to Aug. 29Aug. 1 to Sept. 18
Pink Salmon
or Humpies		3 to 5 lb. Aug. 1 to Aug. 20July 24 to Aug. 26
Sockeye or
Red Salmon		7 to 12 lb. June 22 to July 28June 14 to Aug. 9
Rainbow Trout2 to 8 lb. July 20 to Aug. 26all season
Arctic Char1 to 7 lb. June 16 to Aug. 28all season
Grayling1 to 4 lb. all season
Sheefish14 to 40 lb. Juneall season

Recommended Fishing Tackle for Alaskan Rivers

Caught and Released
For Rainbow Trout, Char, Grayling:
Flyfishing:   6 or 7 wt. rod, 8 to 9 ft.  Reel with good drag.  Floating line, 1x leader.
Flies, all size 4: Purple or white Egg sucking leech, sparkle olive bugeye wooly bugger, orange or pink beadhead, cherise bugeye zonker, beadyeyed purple peril.
Split shot, BB, or nontoxic putty from Loon Outdoors
Spinning:   Light rod, 6 to 8 ft.  good reel  8 lb. test line
#1 &0 spinners, pink and silver; #1 & 0 Mepps Syclops spoons, pink.

For Silver Salmon, (Coho) and Sockeye:
Flyfishing:   7 or 8 wt. rod, 8 to 10 ft.  w/Medium reel, disc drag.  floating & sink-tip lines,  10 - 12 lb. tippet
Flies,all size 4: pink beady eyed zonker, purple eggsucking leech, fuscia body plastic beadhead wooly bugger.
Spinning:   medium light rod, 7 to 8 ft.  w/Light saltwater reel.  10-12 lb. line

For King Salmon (Chinook) and Chums:
Flyfishing: 9 or 10 wt. rod, 9 to 12 ft.  w/Very strong drag on reel   Hi-d sink-tip, 17 lb tippet  150 yd. of 30 lb. backing
Flies, all size 1, no larger! cherise bugeyed wooly bugger, lime green and black beady eyed wooly bugger, purple beady eyed zonker.
Spit shot, 3/0
Spinning: med. hvy rod, 8 to 9 ft  Med. saltwater reel   200 yd. 17-20 lb. line.  rated for 12 to 25 lb. line.

Catch and release is a policy we do not take lightly. You are likely to handle dozens if not hundreds of fish during your trip with us. Guides will help you land fish and show how to handle to maximize their likelihood for survival. Single hooks only in waters containing rainbows.

I believe that the we have been able to keep released fish mortality below 5%. We serve fresh fish often during your trip, usually salmon rather than resident fish such as char and grayling. Rainbows are never killed.


* Catch & Release Techniques

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