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Available Species
Northern Pike
Lurking in the back bays and grassy sloughs, Northern pike patiently
wait to ambush their pray. Being the fastest accelerating fish in the world
provides great sport for anglers young and old. Having 702 teeth necessitates a
wire leader and a strong hook set to land these violent predators. Averaging 7
pounds their wake will intimidate the most hardened pike fisherman. Just be
careful, we have seen 40" pike lurking in the mud.
Sheefish
What's a Sheefish you ask? Locals call this hard-hitting, fast moving,
chrome marauder, the "Tarpon of the North". Migrating in schools up river all
through the summer, these exciting fish provide fast and furious action for the
spin cast, or fly fishing enthusiast.
Salmon
The Aniak River is the largest tributary on the lower Kuskokwim
drainage. It has the largest return of king salmon and the largest silver run in
Alaska. Thirty kings a day averaging 20 to 30 pounds will put a cramp in your
arm, especially if you hook into a giant 60+ pounder. 12+ pound Silvers, later
in the season, crush flies and lures, consistently, with every cast. Their
acrobatic jumps and driving runs promise to get the blood pumping. Reds chum and
pink salmon complete the Pacific salmon family. All at impressive size and
numbers and give little opportunity for your rod or arm to rest.
Rainbows
Being the most Northern rainbow trout habitat in the world the Aniak's
coined "Leopard Rainbows", hit hard and run furiously. You will know when one
hits because they fight like no other. Natural and wild the abundant Aniak
rainbows average 18". If you are looking for 10+ pounders, hold on and let your
reel scream. Flyfishermans' efforts will be rewarded when skating mouse patterns
or swinging your spey rod with wrist cracking strikes.
Dolly Varden
Artic char and dolly varden stack into feed lines feasting on the
delicious salmon roe. Fierce and diligent, they will strike, strike, and strike
again until they have devoured their obsession. Growing past 25 inches, Dolly
varden can fish like a gumball machine: Just put your quarter in and turn the
knob! The beautiful array of colors and sharp contrasts lend to excellent
photos.
Grayling
Hopper Dropper anyone? 18+ inch graying with their exotic dorsal fins
devour any insect pattern from elk hair caddis to copper johns. The Aniak's slow
pocket water holds world-class grayling fishing. Light line and perfect
presentations produce high yield bounties of this eloquent whitefish species.
Old in years and large in size does not equate to lethargic fights, Aniak's
arctic grayling jump high and change directions faster than a 6 year old on red
bull.
Lake Trout
The Pristine Kilbuck mountains vault to 4000 feet and below rests Aniak
Lake the exclusive and premier head waters of the Aniak river. The gin-clear,
glacier fed lake is home to 20 pound lake trout. Once the salmon reach the head
waters the Lake Trout concentrate into the river mouths and feed heavily on
salmon roe and other unsuspecting fish species.
Please note: Because of the large size and old age of the Alaskan pike,
MSTPA practices a strict policy of catch and release of all Northern pike. We
also promote and require our guests to use single, barbless hooks on all lures.
In the interest of preserving the fishery all leaders are hand tied by the
guides using 65lbs. wire without clips. they have proven in our fishery to have
the lowest failure ratio, which is very important to us when you have your fish
of a life time on. All pike are landed by hand by the guide. The Pikes length
and girth will be measured (not weighed), photographed and released. Our guides
have developed handling techniques to minimize stress to the fish. The length
and girth measurements are utilized along with the Monas calculation to acquire
estimated weights. We fish four anglers per trip, making less pressure on the
fishery.
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