Upon your arrival in Dillingham…
You will be met at the airport by our experienced staff. After gathering your baggage, you will be driven to Lake Aleknagik, where you will board one of the lodge’s covered boats for a scenic ride 18 miles up the lake to Bristol Bay Lodge. The total time from the airport to the lodge is approximately 1 hour.
Upon your arrival at Bristol Bay Lodge…
You will be greeted on the dock by our staff and escorted to the lodge where you will enjoy a filling lunch while your bags are placed in your room or cabin. Afterwards, you will receive a comprehensive orientation by our management team. You will then meet with an assigned guide who will prepare you for the rest of your day. You will either spend the afternoon fishing the legendary Agulowak River or board one of our float planes to head to one of our exclusive outcamps.
If you fish locally, you will return to the lodge by 5:30 and be treated to cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a sumptuous meal before learning about the following day’s fishing.
If you go to an outcamp, you will be met by your guides at the destination and escorted to camp where you will fish into the evening, spend the night, and fish the next day. You will return to the lodge the next evening after a full day of fishing.
Your Daily Schedule…
Because we believe in being prepared, your next day always begins the night before! Whether fishing locally, flying out, or fishing from an overnight outcamp, you will be told what to expect the next day. This includes what species you will be fishing for, whether you will be wading or boat fishing, and which rods, lures, and flies to bring, should you have your own. If you don’t have your own gear, don’t worry! Our guides are fully equipped, and can provide you with all the right rods and tackle you need each day.
At 7:45am, after a hearty breakfast, you will depart from the lodge by boat or in one of our three de Havilland Beaver float planes. Guides will pack a lunch or cook a riverside shore lunch, depending on the location you are fishing. You will return to the lodge by 5:30pm.
Before dinner, which is usually served between 7 and 7:30 PM, you might enjoy a soak in the hot tub, or a steam in our sauna, followed by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
Your Departure…
You will depart the lodge at 7:30am in one of our covered boats for the return trip down the lake to Dillingham, where you will board your return flight to Anchorage.
If you have harvested Pacific Salmon during your stay, they will arrive with your bags in Anchorage. Your fish will have been fileted, vacuum sealed, frozen, and packed in an airline-approved wet-lock box for your trip home.
