Some of the best salmon fishing we’ve found in Alaska; only 8 guests a week!
Lava Creek Lodge is a small outpost lodge on the Aleutian Peninsula of Alaska, south/southwest of Bristol Bay, Alaska. The lodge accommodates a maximum of eight guests during king, chum, and silver salmon seasons. It is custom-tailored for the serious salmon angler who values remote and nearly untouched water, swing fishing for dime-bright kings and chums, and surface and streamer action for big, hyper-aggressive silver salmon. With the ultra-low occupancy, anglers get the pick of the litter of the best pools on the home river, as well as other rivers accessed by float plane.
This is a classic jet boat and fly out operation. You will rarely if ever see other anglers on the river, so there is no rushing to get to the best water, and you will always be able to fish full days regardless of what the weather is doing. The boats are used for access only, and allow anglers to reach prime wading runs filled with fish. Weather permitting, some lodge guests will have the option to fly out to one of the other nearby rivers that are equally stacked with ocean bright fish during their stay, also using boats to access the best wade fishing opportunities. Since you will be fishing water influenced by tidal pushes daily, the boats can follow the fish as they shoulder upriver, or find the pools where they are stacked up at any given time. With two anglers per boat and guide, and only eight guests in camp at any one time, there is always plenty of fresh, fish-filled water to choose from.
Both the home water and the rivers flown out to are shallow, low gradient tundra rivers, easily waded and navigated. They are perfect for swinging flies on sinking tips for king salmon and chum salmon, or casting and retrieving poppers and streamers on floating lines to holding Silver salmon.
In short, this is a pristine destination in a wild and beautiful place, with fishing that gets very little outside pressure. The country is spectacular, the lodging quite comfortable, and the fishing superb. It definitely rates as one of the finest King and Silver fly fishing destinations on the planet!
The weeks between king and silver season are known as Grad Slam weeks. In addition to targeting ocean-bright chum salmon and large dolly varden, as well as king salmon in the early weeks and silvers in the late weeks these weeks lend the opportunity to focus on the rainbow trout fishing we have discovered on the main river and its tributary. These weeks are perfect for fly fishers looking for secluded fishing in Alaska with plenty of variety – a rare find these days.
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