ALASKA'S ANVIK RIVER LODGE - Updated 2018 Prices & Reviews

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Alaska's most remote full service fishing lodge. Trip pkgs. are all inclusive from Anchorage, with private air charter, lodging, meals, beverages, gear, daily guided freshwater fly and/or spin fishing for pacific salmon, northern pike, arctic char, dolly varden arctic grayling. Guides and accommodations, are all top shelf. Celebrating our 23rd season. We have the entire river to ourselves. Beautiful grounds, river, birds and wildlife. Alaska's Anvik River Lodge is perfect for corporate retreats or family reunions too. All rooms are very comfortable and are either double, triple or quad occupancy with private bathrooms. Lodge capacity is 12-15 guests. True comfort in true Alaskan wilderness.

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Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)

Business Center with Internet Access

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Anvik Airport1 mi

Grayling Airport18 mi

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Boyhood Fishing Dreams Fulfilled!

This was my 2nd fishing ‘expedition’ to Alaska - quite a big undertaking when you live in Estonia and need 3 flights to get to Anchorage. Money spent on tickets and time spent in the air is considerable so it has to be worth it. My first trip to Alaska in the Kenai area was good …

Date of stay: September 2018

Response from Experience662300, Owner at Alaska's Anvik River Lodge

Responded Sep 20, 2018

What a lovely review and it already brings back good memories of you guys being here. Thanks so much Guy and we'll no doubt see you again! Take care, Cheryl

Amazing Anvik Alaska Experience

What a gem! Great people, lodge, fishing, and location. Exceptional service, accomadations, and food. Truly an unforgettable Alaska wilderness experience. Can’t wait to return. Cheryl and Cliff know how to take care of folks in remote Alaska.

Date of stay: September 2018

Response from Experience662300, Owner at Alaska's Anvik River Lodge

Responded Sep 20, 2018

Thank you so much for taking the time to post such a nice review. We're looking forward to seeing back on the Anvik in the not too distant future!

Fantastic Fishing Experience

The lodge is wonderful, the fishing (when I was there) is very good, but the people are the best part! Cliff and Cheryl are wonderful hosts and, as it says on their web site "Come as guests and leave as family." This statement couldn't be more true!
The food is excellent, gourme…

Date of stay: August 2018

Response from Cliff and Chery... H, Owner at Alaska's Anvik River Lodge

Responded Sep 5, 2018

Thank you so much Tom. It was great to meet you and share a bit of what we love so much about the Anvik River. We're glad you had a great time and hope to see you again.

I've used the term "amazing" to describe food, basketball games, and the leather jacket my girlfriend bought for me a few Christmases ago. After my trip to the Anvik River Lodge, I've had to retire the word from my vocabulary. The Anvik River Lodge is that great: I'm not sure a…

Date of stay: July 2018

Response from Cheryl H, Owner at Alaska's Anvik River Lodge

Responded Aug 8, 2018

What a wonderful and extremely entertaining review Brian. The whole gang loved reading and we sure appreciate your insights! It seems like you all just left, but it's been almost a couple of weeks already! Time flies when you're having fun - and your stay with us flew by for sure. Thanks so much and we hope to see you all again. Until then we'll keep a line in the water with your names on it!

If you are OK with catch and release, this is an A+ place. If you want to bring fish home, not so much. The house rules are very, very restrictive, much more so than the AK fishing regs. The planned activities, variety and quality of food, staff and owners are awesome. The ap…

Date of stay: July 2018

Response from Cheryl H, Owner at Alaska's Anvik River Lodge

Responded Aug 5, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to post a review Don. We’re glad that you and Fran enjoyed your experience here. As far as our house rules being very, very restrictive – even though we allow guests to keep 10 salmon per person during their stay - we’d like to explain why that is. Being the most remote lodge in Alaska that provides a private charter flight directly to Anvik, does come with some limitations. Namely our ability to process, freeze and transport our guests catch. So yes, we do limit our guests to 2 male salmon per person per day or a total of 10 per our 5-night trip. The female’s energy is going into their eggs so the meat quality isn’t as good as the males – and of course we’d rather have them live to lay their eggs. Given that, if a couple such as yourselves is successful in catching your house limit – that’s 20 salmon that you can potentially take home. After being fillet and frozen most folks catch will average about 60lbs. Our house rules and information are stated on our website as well. The State of Alaska fishing regs state that a person can keep 10 salmon per day plus 3 king salmon per day. If we followed that with a full house of 14 guests that would be 182 salmon per day to process & transport – and we surely wouldn’t be able to do that clear out here in the wilderness. Places on the road system have a much better ability to handle that kind of volume. Last year folks were allowed in addition to the two other salmon to keep one king salmon per person during their trip per State regs and our house rules. But as we saw this year the king salmon fishing was restricted to zero keep and immediate release. Something that was out of our control. To make up for the states restriction on kings we allowed guest to be able to keep one sockeye in lieu of a king. You were here during what normally is a very good time for catching and keeping salmon. But as you saw, we had an outrageous pink salmon run this year – over a million in the river according to State Fish & Game. This quantity of pinks fighting for space and spawning grounds in the river made fishing for other salmon more difficult than usual – so it is understandable that you weren’t able to limit out. But as they say, that’s fishing. Again, we’re very glad that you were happy with what we can control as we enjoyed you both very much. You’re a great couple and a lot of fun! Take care – Cliff & Cheryl

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A double of sockeye.

my Wife's King Salmon

I am on the left. The king Salmon measured 40 inches. It took men45 minutes to

Is all food drink included? Do we have to bring all of our own fishing gear?

Hi Terra G, We provide all fishing gear, food & beverages, soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor. Basically all you need to bring is your clothing and personal items. We take care of the rest. Thanks, Cheryl

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