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Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge is looking to hire qualified and motivated individuals to guide this season. The lodge consists of 160 acres of private property on the Wild and scenic Alagnak river in Bristol Bay, Southwest Alaska. The river is well known for its record runs of all 5 species of Pacific salmon but also is home to resident fish such as rainbow trout, lake trout, arctic grayling, arctic char, and dolly varden. U.S.C.G. captain’s license and valid CPR/First Aid certificate is required.Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge hires individuals committed to excellence in hospitality and safety, who support conservation efforts, desire to grow and learn, and who seek to set the high-water mark in their professional and personal lives. Does this...

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...

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!!

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...