General Questions

Fly to Anchorage.  Then book a commercial flight on Era Air or Alaska Airlines to Kodiak, (250 miles southwest).  Then it is a 30 minute flight from Kodiak to Larsen Bay on Island Air, which has regularly scheduled flights several times a day.

It all depends on what species you are most interested in and your own schedule allows.  Choose the best time for your primary fish of game animal and let that guide you.  If you are interested in a combination of species and look at the calendar to see when they overlap favorably.

Fishing Questions

The king salmon runs usually begins in late May and continues until the 3^rd week of July.  The peak is usually from Mid- June through the 2 week in July.

There are two runs of reds.  There is an early run in late May through early July and then a second run that begins in mid September through Mid August.

Mid- August through September is a good rule of thumb for this feisty fish!

Halibut is the most non-seasonal fisheries at Larsen Bay. But the big “barn door” halibut are most often caught when they move close to shore following the salmon runs in May and September.

Steelhead is a fall fisheries that is a good combination with deer or duck hunting.  The peak is usually Sept-mid Oct.

• Fly fishing gear.
• Hip boots or waders for freshwater fishing.
• Personal clothing, medications, and equipment.
• Click Here for a complete checklist.

• All spinning gear
• Competent friendly guides
• Boats and floatplane to get you to the fishing grounds
• Wonderful meals
• Comfortable lodging with private rooms
• Fish cleaning and packaging
• Memories of a lifetime!

All hunting and fishing licenses are sold at Larsen Bay Lodge except for Kodiak Bear which you currently have to apply and be drawn from a lottery to receive a license. Or if you would like you can purchase your license online from the ADF&G at: www.admin.adfg.state.ak.us/license/            

Larsen Bay Lodge will clean, vacuum pack, and freeze your fish.  They will then be packed in waxed seafood boxes with plastic strapping that you can check on the airplane as luggage.

Hunting Questions

The season opens in August, but the deer are high in the mountains which are covered in dense lush green foliage making it difficult to see the deer, and difficult to walk and climb.  Occasionally you catch one down low or one the beach in August.  In September the frost knocks down some of the brush and the deer are easier to find.  By October the snow at higher elevations starts to ring the deer down and closer to the water where they feed at low tide on kelp.  By November and the first two weeks of December snow brings the deer down in large numbers to the coastal beaches and they are easy to spot against the white backdrop of snow. 

The duck season usually opens about October 8^th.  Early in the season there are more puddle ducks.  But there is usually good sea duck hunting throughout the entire duck season.  The primary species are harlequin, barrows goldeneye, scoters and old squaw.

• Guns
• Ammunition
• Warm clothing
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• Our deer hunts are considered guided/nonguided.  We will get you to the hunting grounds by boat, drop you off, and then pick you back up.
• Bear hunts are fully guided.
• Duck hunters will be provided with decoys and set up on rocky points and islands and tended by a guide with a boat to retrieve ducks.
• Wonderful meals.
• Comfortable lodging with private rooms.
• Cape your deer or skin your bear.

Currently there is a three deer limit.

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All hunting and fishing licenses are sold at Larsen Bay Lodge except for Kodiak Bear which you currently have to apply and be drawn from a lottery to receive a license.