Alaska Fishing Lodges
Kodiak Island Resort guests receive first-class accommodations, dine on gourmet cuisine, and experience breathtaking views that exhibit Alaska's pristine wilderness. The trophy-class fishing, exhilarating wildlife, and spectacular scenery make our Alaska adventure the outdoorsman's choice!
Kodiak Salmon Fishing
Because of Kodiak Island’s location in the Gulf of Alaska, our fishing opportunities are seemingly endless. We have a year round population of King Salmon who hang around to feed on the numerous bait fish that surround the Islands of the Kodiak Archipelago. Although we catch them year round, they feed most actively from May through September. These King Salmon are generally known as “Feeder Kings”. This means they are not destined for their respective rivers in the same year that they are caught in, and run in the three and four year old class. Their average size is about 25 pounds, and because of this we are able to use lighter tackle than one might expect when trolling for King Salmon.
During May and June, we focus our attention on trolling for Kings and Halibut Fishing. Bear viewing is excellent at this time as well due to the hungry bears that are looking for a meal on the salmon streams.Sightseeing opportunities at this time and throughout the summer months are unsurpassed for whale watching, birding, and checking out our local population of sea otters.
July and August provides us with the first Silver Salmon of the season fished in salt water. We fish these fresh Silver Salmon from our boat using a variety of techniques such as Trolling, Jigging, Spin Casting, and even Fly Casting. Silvers at this time are usually in large schools, and provide us with extremely fast action.
September is our best month for Silvers and when they start to gather in the river systems, waiting for their perfect moment to continue up stream. This gives our guests the opportunity to sight cast their favorite fly or lure at these acrobatic, chrome bright beauties while wading the banks in a stream, or from the boat.
Kodiak Halibut Fishing
Thousands of these Giant Fish of the Pacific migrate into the shallow waters surrounding Kodiak Island Resort during the summer months. This makes locating and hooking them the easy part of the fishery! We often hear people refer to a Halibut as a “barn door”, however the resemblance is strictly size related! When hooked in reasonably shallow water, (less than 200 ft.) these fish are quite active and will give even the most adept angler a formidable battle. Populations are healthy, with several Huge fish taken and lots of these challenging fish in the 50 to 100 pound size last season. These flat fish are not only fun to catch, but are becoming a valuable eatery fish as well. Supermarkets are getting up to $16.00 per pound for these excellent eating sport fish!
