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Going Fishing Tomorrow? January 2018 www.FishAlaskaMagazine.com 1 Volume 18 • Issue 1 • January 2018 © Reel Action Alaska Lodge Alaska © Reel Action 34 58 © John Cleveland Departments Features Fish Alaska Creel 6 The Kanektok River, At Long Last by Pudge Kleinkauf 34 Fish Alaska Gear Bag 8 The Kanektok River is 90 miles of pure, unadulterated, fabulous © Kodie Kowitz © Kodie 40 Fish Alaska Online 10 fly fishing in southwest Alaska, and anglers who time it right can enjoy incredible opportunities for all five species of Pacific salmon Fishing for a Compliment 12 as well as rainbow trout, Dolly Varden and Arctic grayling. Our Salmon Sense 14 writer partook in the fishing festivities of this Alaska gem from Fish Alaska Conservation 16 the bankside luxury of Reel Action Alaska Lodge. Fish Alaska Fly 18 Naknek Rainbows by George Krumm 40 Fish Alaska Boats 20 Perhaps the most consistent producer of trophy rainbow trout Fish Alaska Saltwater 30 in Alaska, the Naknek is a siren call to adventurous trout anglers the world over, and our staff is no different. Here George Fish Alaska Stillwater 32 Krumm visits Naknek River Camp and offers his insights on Fish Alaska Recipe 78 planning your own DIY Naknek trip. Advertiser Index 81 © Gary Lewis 46 The Kings of Kachemak Bay by Gary Lewis 46 Fish Alaska Final Drift 82 Regardless of the time of year, the feeder kings of Kachemak Bay are available, as our writer found when making an autumn trip to Homer. Originating from rivers up and down the Pacific coast, these Chinook are worth the price of admission. Iliamna Excursion at Talarik Creek Lodge by Melissa Norris 52 A visit to the gorgeous wilderness of the Iliamna region provides all the variety one could want in an adventure, as Publisher Melissa Norris noted during her trip to Talarik Creek Lodge. Rainbows, Dollies, lake trout and salmon are all on offer in the area’s many famous fisheries, and almost always, anglers can pursue several species in a single day. © Melissa Norris 52 The Silver Lining of Alaska’s Lost Coast by John Cleveland 58 Fishing from the Tsiu River Lodge, John Cleveland goes in search of the world-renowned coho of Alaska’s Lost Coast, finding the numbers (and size) of fish everything he’d dreamed—and more. Destination Valdez by Troy Letherman 62 One of Alaska’s most vibrant and beautiful port cities, Valdez is where anglers go to fish one of the fishiest and most accessible harbors in Alaska. Here we detail all the opportunities available to traveling anglers. DIY Adventuring Around Prince of Wales by Marcus Weiner 70 Enlisting for a week of DIY exploring and angling around Prince of Wales Island offers a range of opportunities. The island boasts an extensive road system that allows anglers to remain mobile, taking it all in. Here Publisher Marcus Weiner explains the when and how. COVER / Erik Salitan of Talarik Creek Lodge with a 36-pound lake trout from Lake Clark last summer. © Brian Woobank 70 © Gary Stewart/Talarik Creek Lodge January 2018 www.FishAlaskaMagazine.com 3 2 www.FishAlaskaMagazine.com January 2018 January 2018 www.FishAlaskaMagazine.com 3 PUBLISHERS Marcus Weiner Melissa Norris ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Patrick Speranza Kathy Anderson EDITOR Troy Letherman OPERATIONS MANAGER Wayne Norris EFFICIENCY MANAGER Ana Taylor ART DIRECTOR Bailey Anderson PRODUCTION MANAGER Russell K Porsley III GRAPHIC DESIGNER Melissa Wong CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Greg Brush, Troy Buzalsky, Andrew Cremata, Les Gara, Scott Haugen, Pudge Kleinkauf, George Krumm, J.D. Richey, Terry Sheely, E. Donnall Thomas Jr., Jeremy Anderson, Nicholas Olhrich CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Hastings A. 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One year subscriptions are $30 U.S. dollars for subscriptions in the U.S., $50 U.S in Canada, and $80 U.S. in all other countries.The single copy price is $6.99 in U.S. dollars. To subscribe by phone please call 907-345-4337. Editorial correspondence should be sent to Attn: Editor, Fish Alaska magazine, P.O. Box 772424, Eagle River, Alaska 99577. Unsolicited manuscripts and photos will be considered, but must be accompanied by a self- addressed stamped envelope. Although we will take care, Fish Alaska is not responsible for the loss or return of unsolicited materials. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily the opinions of Fish Alaska magazine publishers and editors. ©2018 by Fish Alaska Publications, LLC. All rights reserved. 4 www.FishAlaskaMagazine.com January 2018 January 2018 www.FishAlaskaMagazine.com 5 Arctic char, landlocked coho and To immerse yourself completely in If you’re looking for solitude and a Chinook salmon. Moving north into the an Alaska fishing adventure, the state’s true wilderness experience, consider a Interior, there remains quality fishing to lodges usually sit on or nearby some of remote float—just you and a couple Where to Fish Alaska and around Valdez, featured later in this the greatest fishing waters to be found buddies, your camp and a raft, fishing Story by Troy Letherman issue, as well as north of Denali on the anywhere. Not every lodge in Alaska for days on end. Planning for this sort roads near Fairbanks. is high-end, either, and amenities can of endeavor is intensive. Not only must Alaska is certainly one of the world’s Most of the larger towns and villages arrange from the basic—three hots and a you be able to handle the fishing on your premier angling destinations, but to me in southeast Alaska also boast at cot (in a Weatherport tent)—to flannel own, but there are all the necessities of what really makes it special is the variety least some miles of roads, which will sheets, fine wines and chefs flown in from travel in the bush to consider. Those on offer. help anglers access both flowing and New York. Lodges also differ in whether facts make this an option for experienced There are a lot of great places to fish stillwater fisheries from Ketchikan to they provide fly-out opportunities or fish outdoorsmen only, or for those who hire on this planet, but most of those are Yakutat (the latter in particular, as the their home water. an outfitter to help manage their float. headliners due to a singular fishery: world-famous Situk River flows nearby). Obviously, there are a lot of factors Florida Keys tarpon, Bahamas bonefish, Special mention must also be made to to consider before venturing north to Tierra del Fuego’s sea-run browns, and Southeast’s Prince of Wales Island, where Alaska, and you want to make sure you on and on. There is no one Alaska, hundreds of miles of roadway lead to get exactly what you’re seeking when however. Fishing here is what you make some exceptional fisheries for steelhead, NOT SURE WHERE TO planning your next adventure. From of it, what species you decide to pursue, rainbow and cutthroat trout, Dolly START TO PLAN YOUR grayling to king salmon, it’s all on when and where you happen to fish. Varden, and of course, sockeye and offer in Alaska, depending on your Think about the range of fish and silver salmon. ALASKA FISHING TRIP? timing and the region. You can design fisheries highlighted later in this Likewise, anglers in Alaska can easily Go online to your trip to target a single species, chase issue—a disparate group of destinations access the more remote fisheries for FishAlaskaMagazine.com trophies or to grand slam on all five of the and species, all of which grow to trophy anything from a day to more than a week Pacific salmon that return to the state— proportions, that are available to any by utilizing the services of a number of and fill out our questionnaire or anything in between. With the fishing angler who arrives at the right place at the air-taxi operators, who can dial you and we’ll put you in touch with options so diverse, and so completely right time of year. Think about the size into some truly prolific fishing. Most of the right outfit for your desired customizable by the day, it really gets to of the salmon runs; king, coho, sockeye, the hub cities in the state have at least trip. It’s easy and free. the point where it’s hard to choose. chum and pink salmon streaming in a few air taxis in operation, and with But it is Alaska, after all, so there’s by the tens of thousands, hundreds of some research—or by listening to their hardly any way to go wrong. thousands, by the millions each year. advice—you can access prime wilderness Think about sea-run Dolly Varden fisheries and be back in town in time for chasing down streamers and about a nice restaurant dinner. Troy Letherman native grayling devouring delicate dry flies. Think about the large freshwater lakes that act as nurseries for juvenile salmon and as feeding troughs for the rainbows.
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