"Fishing Alaska-The Unique Juneau Alaska Fishing Lodge"

Juneau Alaska Shelter Island Fishing Lodge

The waters around Juneau, Alaska offer great salmon and halibut fishing in a setting that is "paradise found."

Wild Salmon

We live in an abundance of natural wonders. Life here revolves around the fascinating life cycle of the Pacific Salmon. All five species flood the inside passage each summer on their migration to their home streams. Here is Dan holding a native Spring King taken in 1997.

The Marine Stewardship Council has assessed Alaska's salmon fisheries as being "sustainable, having a minimizing impact on the ecosystem and being well managed." You can take home your catch knowing that there will be plenty of fish for future generations.

© Juneau Alaska Fishing

Hatchery Kings

Terry Sheely and Jim Goerg from the Reel News with enhancement Kings taken June 2003 © Juneau Alaska Fishing

Juneau Alaska offers an enhancement run of hatchery Kings. Fishing these lunkers through the month of June has become an annual event. Generous bag limits allow residents and nonresidents to keep up to 4 Kings per day in the Juneau terminal fishing area. These fish do not count against the Alaska nonresident daily or annual bag limit for King Salmon.

Halibut

No trip to the Whale's Eye would be complete without the noodle-y arms and cramping leg mussels that accompany an encounter with Hippoglos-sus Stenolepis. You'll wish you had been working out the day we go looking for flat ones. Deepwater ledges and mountain tops ranging from 125 to 600 feet is where we find these lunkers. Scotty here found this "hundred pounder" on a ledge at 430 feet mid August 2003.

Photo by guest Dan Root.

Crab

Guests Tonya 2000 © Juneau Alaska Fishing

Coffee is on by 6:30, we eat breakfast at 7:00 and we're on the water by 8:00. Placing safety first we go the extra mile to make sure you catch what you came for.
Our area offers a bountiful harvest in a beautiful setting. In addition to salmon and halibut, rockfish, Dolly Varden, cod and Dungeness Crab abound. We also offer float plane trips to local streams for fly-fishing including steelhead, cutthroat and salmon.

At the end of our day it is time to check your crab pots and head back for one of Karen's home cooked meals. Combine all this with the spectacular beauty of Northern Southeast Alaska and our abundance of daylight in summer and you are going to need a rest when you get back home.

Great Boat

You will fish with Rick (USCG licensed Captain 16 years) aboard the custom built, state of the art aluminum charter vessel Desire. This vessel was put into service new in 2004. She is outfitted with color sonar and GPS, radar, electric downriggers, wash down system, and most importantly a marine head.

The Desire holds a USCG Four Star safety rating which requires a bilge alarm, hi volume bilge pump, a back up radio, and an EPERB (a satellite a based emergency locator beacon). She is equipped with an inflatable raft.

We have spared no expense to insure a safe, successful fishing experience. The Desire is a joy to fish with plenty of room to enjoy the wonders of Southeast Alaska.

Whether you want to go one on one with a mighty King Salmon or test your strength on a Barn Door Halibut, Rick will guide you safely through your daily adventures.

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