JUNE

JUNE FISHING IN BRISTOL BAY

The month of June holds epic opportunities to fish for the most legendary Alaskan fish, the king salmon or Chinook salmon as well as incredible rainbow trout, arctic char, dolly varden, arctic grayling, lake trout, and northern pike. Our rivers open to fishing on June 8th and during this first week, we target rainbow trout in a number of streams. On our home waters and on the Kvichak we have chances at incredibly large rainbows before they head upstream where they will spend most of their summer in Naknek Lake and Lake Iliamna.  On the Naknek, we see these fish feeding on groups of out-migrating salmon smolt as arctic terns swoop and chirp from above. We also fish a number of smaller creeks, where these hungry trout aggressively chase streamers and even mouse patterns. By mid-June, many of the large trout have left the big rivers and entered the lake systems. At this time we begin to target the first arriving king salmon on the Nushagak River.

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