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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...

ATA Lodge, situated on the Wild and Scenic Alagnak River of Bristol Bay, in Southwest Alaska is anticipating another fantastic season in 2023 after an Epic Season in 2022!! What can we say about the 2022 season that has just finished?  My concern in not about what to say, but rather, how do I fit it all in to one fishing report!!!  2022 was our busiest season ever at ATA Lodge and what a fantastic crew and group of guests we had this year!  Our guests, also had an amazing time experiencing all the fabulous fishing in one of Alaska's most pristine and beautiful locations, remotely located far away from the crowds, and filled with adventure. 2022 saw the season...

ATA Lodge has been having a fantastic season this year.  What a comeback after the chaos of Covid last season!   We have been so busy with the best guests ever and a lot of great fish being caught!    As June closed the trout fishing remained strong, with so many big trout being caught and released!  We have lost count of the trout over 24" with many over 28" and the biggest taping out at 31"inches long!!! By the 1st of July we were marking Sockeye in the river.  Little did we know what was about to transpire!  This year saw over 64 million Sockeye Salmon return the watersheds of Bristol Bay.  This year's run shattered all existing records,...

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!!