Another Great Season in the Books at ATA Lodge! After browsing through this blog post, I think that you will have to admit that The Alagnak Wild River is a pretty photogenic location. We certainly feel privileged to be able to call it "home" for almost 5 months every year! Conditions this season were a bit different than what we have come to expect out here in Bristol Bay. After a very mild winter with little snowpack on the mountains, we went on to experience an unprecedented heatwave and drought throughout the entire season. The snow that was on the mountains in spring had almost totally melted off by early July as the photo above shows. Normally we would have prolonged...
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!!
Sue McGee of ATA Lodge Shares Her Experience of a Day's Bear Viewing at Halo Bay on the Katmai Coast of Southwest, Alaska! To my great fortune, I was asked if I wanted to fill the fifth remaining seat on an adventure of a lifetime to Halo Bay. Of course, I said yes! It was not only a chance to take a little break from cooking, it was a great opportunity to spend time with four of our very lovely guests: Dave and Ruthie Hoff, Peggy Jones, Barbara Green as well as Chris Klosterman our competent pilot and guide for the day. On the way to Halo Bay, we flew over stunning aqua green waters of the Naknek lake. ...
Opening Week of the 2019 Season started with a promise of Great Things to Come with a Rainbow at Midnight on the 8th of June in the Land of the Midnight Sun! And boy did that ever prove to be true when our guests for the first week arrived and started catching Rainbows of a fishy kind! All our guests were thrilled with the overall quality of fishing to be had from day one! The Alagnak Wild River of Bristol Bay has long be renowned for its fantastic rainbow trout fishing. And June is the best time to come for "mousing", dry fly fishing as well as streamer fishing. One after another, those hungry trout were keen to...
There may be a reason fishing television shows seek out Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge. Just Saying...
In these two episodes, you will see IFISH TV's Paul Worsteling fishing on the Alagnak River, one of the best salmon and trout fisheries in the world. Other guests include Jet Worsteling & Cristy Worsteling, and Megan McGee.
We love fishing with IFISH TV team, so much fun!
IFISH at ATA Lodge, Bristol Bay, Alaska - King Salmon
IFISH at ATA Lodge ULTIMATE Wild Alaska Catch 'n Cook