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,...
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...
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!!
Wow! What a season! We had a lot to smile about!
Time sure flies when you are having fun! And that is what the 2018 season at ATA Lodge seemed to be all about....having fun!
Just a few images of the start up to our 2017 season. A road trip from Seattle to Anchorage as Jacob, Cameron and Katelyn take our new truck up to Alaska to put on the barge to send to Naknek. Now comes the buying of supplies and shipping all the our staples and new equipment that will be needed this year. You can follow our adventures this season, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google +. Hope you enjoy the ride! Here's a few pictures to get you dreaming of the Great Land and all it has to offer. If you'd like to find out more about ATA Lodge, check out our website at www.atalodge.com