Alaska, United States

Saltery Lake Lodge

FreshwaterKodiak Island — Saltery Lake and Saltery Creek, Ugak Bay

Saltery Lake Lodge began in 1963 as a brown bear hunting camp on Saltery Lake, at the head of two-mile Saltery Creek on Kodiak Island, and the grandson of its first buyer now runs it and flies the floatplane. Guides take anglers by side-by-side to wade Saltery, Rough and Hearst creeks and the lake, mostly with flies though spinning rods are lent, for sockeye in July, a mix of species in August and silvers in September. Its four guest cabins are 20 minutes by air from the city of Kodiak.

Published price
US$6,400 per person · 6 nights · 2027
Season
July to September
Main fish
Silver salmon
and 7 more
Guiding
1 guide to 4 anglers
Guest numbers not published

Season

July to September

Weeks run Sunday to Saturday: July is sockeye season, August weeks take in every species, and September is for silvers, with Hearst Creek fishing into October.

The fishing

Water
Freshwater
Species

First is the fish the lodge leads with.

How it is fished
Wading
Catch and release
Some fish kept
Tackle
Fly and spin
Gear
Rods and reels provided

Price and what it covers

US$6,400 per person · 6 nights · 2027

Per person for 6 nights and 6 days of fishing, at the price for paying by check or bank transfer, which carries a 5% discount.

Included

  • Ground transport from your Kodiak hotel or the airport to Lily Lake
  • Round-trip floatplane between Kodiak and Saltery Lake
  • Guided fishing, up to 4 guests per guide
  • Rides to the fishing with your guide
  • Fishing near the lodge after dinner
  • Cleaning, vacuum packing and freezing of fish in a Wet-Lock box, 45 lb per guest
  • Room with its own bathroom, 2 to 4 guests to a room
  • Three meals a day
  • Daily housekeeping

Not included

  • Alaska fishing licence, bought online before the trip
  • Alcohol; bring your own, and the lodge stops at a liquor store in Kodiak
  • Travel to Kodiak and hotel nights there
  • Premium fly rod and reel rental, US$125 a week

Prices are shown in the currency the lodge publishes them in. Confirm the rate with the lodge.

The lodge

Guests at a time
Not published
Guiding
1 guide to 4 anglers
Package
6 nights, 6 fishing days
For non-anglers
Yes
Wi-Fi
Yes
Established
1963

Getting there

Gateway airport
Kodiak (ADQ), Kodiak Airport
From there
Fly to Kodiak. The lodge picks you up in town and flies you about 20 minutes to Saltery Lake in its Cessna 185 floatplane, both included; from the lodge, guides drive you to the creeks in a four-wheel-drive side-by-side.
Loading map

The pin marks the lake or river the lodge sits on, not the lodge building. Location from US Geological Survey place names.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these pages. The lodge’s own website is checked first; a booking agency is used where the lodge is silent.

Lodge website: salterylakelodge.com

Lodge website

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