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  For many "in the know", June is the best time to come to Southwest Alaska and target, big, hard fighting Leopard Rainbow Trout on the upper section of the Alagnak Wild and Scenic River.  It may be a bold statement, but we stand behind it at ATA Lodge, that our home waters, offer some of the most exciting fishing opportunities to catch the most and largest average size rainbow trout, at this time of the season in Alaska! Don't get me wrong, you can come up to other rivers in Alaska at other times of the season and catch bigger trout (even on our river).  But in terms of numbers of fish and average size of trout, June at...

Bent Rods and Tight Lines! I'd have to say that this may well have been our best season ever in many different ways!  But I mention this related to the fishing in particular!  We didn't have a bad or slow week all season long!

There's no other way to say it....Fishing in June and July at ATA Lodge this season in 2024, was EPIC!  

As the sun sets on the 2023 season at ATA Lodge, we are proud to share our end of season fishing report from the amazing Alagnak Wild and Scenic River of Bristol Bay, Southwest Alaska!  We had what in many ways may have been our best season overall ever!!  The season went very smoothly over all, and in general the fishing was superb.  Everything seemed a bit late this season, the spawning of the trout in the early season, and some of the salmon runs were late and/or spread out more than normal.  But there was always great things happening and our staff and guests were fantastic! The Sockeye Salmon run this year sustained well through July and in to...

July Has Been Epic at ATA Lodge!  Of course the Sockeye Salmon start to stream in to the Alagnak Wild River in Early July.  And they did not disappoint again this season.  The fishing for sockeye was "off the chain" again this year!  Lots of happy guest throughout the whole month were able to catch as many sockeye as they wanted.  Most were released, but many guests retained their daily limits to take fresh salmon back home to eat and share with family and friends!    The run sustained through the whole month and limits were still being caught even the last week, even if it took a little more effort.  The run is strong for about 3 weeks, with...