Alaska Rainbow Trout Fishing Lodge
Trophy rainbows are the grand prize in Alaska. With our prime location along the shores of Alaska’s largest lake, there’s no better place in the world to catch rainbows than Rainbow King Lodge. When you come to this Alaska trout fishing lodge for your Alaska rainbow trout fishing adventure, you’ll have a once-in-a-lifetime experience — no matter how many times you visit.
Because Rainbow King Lodge has exclusive rights to access over 110 sq miles of rivers and streams, you’ll never have to worry about being crowded out of the perfect fishing spot. The variety of settings, plus the world-class amenities available at the lodge before and after your fishing excursions, means Rainbow King Lodge is the best Alaska rainbow trout fishing lodge.
Rainbow King Lodge offers you abundant opportunities to catch rainbows, unlike anything you’ve ever seen, all in the breathtaking setting of the untamed Alaskan wilderness.
June and July
Early season fly fishing is very exciting, the rainbow trout are aggressively feeding on salmon fry, sculpin, and aquatic insects. June’s long sunny days, hungry post-spawn trout, and no salmon to feed on yet all lead to one thing. Mouse Fishing. Trout hide in the undergrowth, and aggressively chase mouse patterns that are slapped on the water near the bank, sometimes returning to attack the same mouse pattern over and over again. Being here in early summer will reward you with the finest dry fly fishing experience of your life. Our first week of the season targets these fishing conditions, join us in June for six days of fly fishing in Alaska.
August and September
The gold standard is to break the 30-inch mark, and there is no better place to reach that goal than Rainbow King Lodge in late August and September. The rainbows begin fattening themselves on salmon eggs at the end of July. By September, they’ve put on several pounds. Also, in September the “super” rainbows move out of Lake Iliamna into the feeder creeks to fatten up for winter. Iliamna is the largest lake in Alaska and the September rainbows are often labeled “freshwater steelhead.” They are huge and usually do not have the vibrant pink stripe that marks the river-based rainbows.
Although they were once thought to be a different species, the steelhead is now considered the same species as resident rainbows, but with a different life history. The propensity for migrating to the ocean or a large lake like Lake Iliamna is not a choice, however, but is hard-wired into the fish. Studies of rivers where both anadromous and resident rainbows co-exist have found that the offspring of anadromous fish become anadromous, while those of resident fish stay put. Why some members of the species evolved to migrate, while others didn’t, remains a mystery.
Book Your Trip Today
If you’re serious about catching rainbows, there’s no excuse not to book your next Alaska rainbow trout fishing trip to Rainbow King Lodge today. Contact us and book your trip now.
