Alaskan Fishing Guides | Alaskan Sport Fishing | Alaska Guide License

Alaskan Fishing Guides will help you pursue the five species of Pacific salmon, Pacific halibut, Lingcod and a variety of rockfish. Rainbow, cutthroat, brook trout, Dolly Varden and Steelhead are also seasonally available in fresh water. You can always cast from the beach for the hordes of pink salmon that flood the area during the summer. The pinks are so think they try to jump into any water-emptying culverts.

What an Alaskan Fishing Guide must have in possession while guiding:

A copy of the current ADF&G sport fishing business license of the guide's employer;
A current Alaska sport fishing license, tags, stamps or permits that are required to engage in the sport fishery for which guide services are being provided;
An identification card issued to the sport fishing guide by a state or federal agency that bears a photo of the sport fishing guide.
Other agencies may have additional requirements (i.e. U.S.C.G.). It is your responsibility to determine what those requirements are.

Alaskan Fishing regulations - Regulations are often different for each water you fish. Please read the ”Anchorage Bowl“ section of the Southcentral Alaska regulation booklet before heading out to fish. Regulation booklets are available wherever fishing licenses are sold, and posted on the ADFG Division of Sport Fish home page at www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us Be sure you have your sport fishing license or ADFG Permanent ID Card in your possession. Also, anglers need to purchase a king salmon stamp to fish for king salmon (exceptions are listed in the regulation booklet). Licenses and stamps can be purchased at most grocery stores and tackle shops.

Fishing in bear country - Just about anywhere outside a building is ”bear country“ in Alaska. Both brown bears and black bears are abundant in the Anchorage area, especially along the salmon streams. Be prepared for a bear encounter whenever you are enjoying the outdoors in Alaska, but especially while you are fishing.

A fed bear is a dead bear. Never let a bear associate people with food. Keep all food in your vehicle. If you take food with you, keep it in your backpack and wear your backpack at all times. Don’t let bears get your stringer of fish, and chop up your filleted fish carcasses into small pieces and throw the small pieces into deep, fast-moving water.

The small pieces won’t pile up on the bank and attract bears. If you encounter a bear while fishing, give the bear plenty of room, and move your fishing spot. Keep yourself, your belongings, and your fi shing opportunities safe by following these simple steps to avoid food-conditioning bears.

Salmon viewing - Salmon can be seen at the Chugach dam located about one mile upstream from the mouth of Ship Creek. Follow E Street north of 3rd Avenue, and watch carefully for industrial and railroad traffi c. King salmon can also be viewed at Elmendorf Hatchery, on Reeve Boulevard and Post Road, approximately 2½ miles upstream from the mouth of Ship Creek. Other sites include the Potter’s Marsh boardwalks just south of Anchorage off the Seward Highway; in Campbell Creek near the Folker Street boardwalks east of Lake Otis Parkway (turn south from Tudor onto Folker Street); off Campbell Airstrip Road; and in the South Fork Eagle River, off Hiland Road, between the falls and its confl uence with Eagle River. Salmon can also be seen at the Williwaw Creek viewing area in Portage Valley. Head south on the Seward Highway about 46 miles to the Portage Valley road.

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