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ATA Lodge, situated on the Wild and Scenic Alagnak River of Bristol Bay, in Southwest Alaska is anticipating another fantastic season in 2023 after an Epic Season in 2022!! What can we say about the 2022 season that has just finished?  My concern in not about what to say, but rather, how do I fit it all in to one fishing report!!!  2022 was our busiest season ever at ATA Lodge and what a fantastic crew and group of guests we had this year!  Our guests, also had an amazing time experiencing all the fabulous fishing in one of Alaska's most pristine and beautiful locations, remotely located far away from the crowds, and filled with adventure. 2022 saw the season...

ATA Lodge has been having a fantastic season this year.  What a comeback after the chaos of Covid last season!   We have been so busy with the best guests ever and a lot of great fish being caught!    As June closed the trout fishing remained strong, with so many big trout being caught and released!  We have lost count of the trout over 24" with many over 28" and the biggest taping out at 31"inches long!!! By the 1st of July we were marking Sockeye in the river.  Little did we know what was about to transpire!  This year saw over 64 million Sockeye Salmon return the watersheds of Bristol Bay.  This year's run shattered all existing records,...

After a year of uncertainty due to Covid, we are sure glad to be "back at it" up here at ATA Lodge, on the Wild Alagnak River! June 8th is always the season opener up here, and the trout have not seen a fly in the 8 months since we left last September!  So we are always excited to get back on the water and wet a fly.    In fact, June may well be my personal favorite time to be on the river.  The salmon haven't arrived yet.  There aren't many guests that come up for just the trout fishing.  We've been missing the beauty of the river and area and are so happy to look over the meadow...

We have had a late start due to Covid19, but we are happy to announce that we are Open for Business As Not So Usual!   And what a great time to be here at ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River!! Normally we would have an opening week starting June 8th with a lodge full of guests here for the great trout fishing that we have at the beginning of the season before the salmon start to arrive.  But this year we were forced to close for the whole month of June because of complications related to the Covid19 pandemic.   What that meant for us, is that our staff got to do a little fishing between opening up projects and...

I've heard it said that a picture paints a thousand words!  So I thought I'd let some of our photos from July "tell the story" of how things have been going so far this season!!