The Summer Situation.

Here is the only photograph of our summer guide crew. Me (Left), Jim (Middle), the owner of Deshka Landing Charters and Lodge and Capt. Tom, an accomplished guide who has bounced around a number of different pretty cool U.S. fisheries.


Deshka Landing Charters and Lodge is located in Willow, Alaska within Deshka Landing. It is an all-inclusive fishing lodge that also runs charter fishing trips when not catering to all-inclusive guests. Launching the fleet of 3 jet-boats from the boat ramp at Deshka Landing, we were able to access most of the lower Deshka River, the 4 mouthes of Willow Creek and the mouth of the Little Willow Creek. All of which receive runs of King, Silver, Chum, and Pink Salmon.


Fresh Silver Salmon Filets ready to be shipped home.


The entrance to the Deshka Landing Community

A precocial King Salmon.


A Nice Buck Silver Salmon.

A Colorful Hen Chum Salmon.

A Beautiful Deshka River Pink Salmon.

Soooooooo, I went to Alaska...

I spent the summer guiding Salmon fishing in Willow, Alaska @ Deshka Landing Charters and Lodge. 

I arrived on July 1st to record heat and some tough fishing conditions.  With King Salmon fishery closed in all the rivers accessible to us from the Lodge, we spent the early part of the summer waiting for the pink salmon bit to heat up.  

 However, my favorite thing to do was to get way upriver and hunt for Arctic Grayling and Native Rainbow Trout... Yes, I said NATIVE RAINBOW TROUT! I was pretty stoked about catching Rainbow trout that were not derived from some hatchery stock.  

However, Greyling were totally my favorite.  This was the first one of the season. Much more on Alaska later...