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About Alaskan Fishing Adventures
Midnight Sun was established in 1996 and offers a truly unique fishing adventure. Your trip with us takes place aboard our custom-built houseboat, located on the lower Innoko River, a tributary to the mighty Yukon River of Western Alaska. You will be roughly 310 miles due West of Anchorage, Alaska. This two-hundred mile long Yukon tributary provides the perfect environment for growing huge Alaskan pike ... cool, slow-moving water; a food source of unlimited quantity; and the time for the pike to grow old and fat - ranging anywhere from 10 pounds to 25 pounds and even the occasional 40 pound monster! These big fish are up to twenty plus years old. With little competition from other anglers, these big pike are readily attainable. Being centrally located between the lower Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, a short float plane ride provides endless opportunities for Alaska's mighty Northern Pike and Sheefish. There are no Salmon or other species we catch on the Innoko. The Salmon and other species are the Kusko drainage, the Aniak and the Salmon.
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. The largest sheefish we've caught out of the area was 45 pounds.
We also offer float tours on the Aniak River. The Aniak River is one of Alaska's best kept secrets and hosts one of the top multi-species trophy fisheries in Alaska. Trophy sized Kings, Silvers, Rainbows and Char headline this rarely traveled drainage. Flowing through 80 miles of untouched wilderness and wildlife habitat, the Aniak River, is the essence of remote Alaskan fishing. Our experienced and professional guides will flawlessly row rafts through narrow log jams, land fish, pitch tents and show you their favorite knots. Rib-eye steaks will sizzle, as you grab your towel, for a hot shower, off your cot. Sit by the crackling fire and share fish stories. Your only priority is to fish until dark.
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. We are currently taking four anglers per trip instead of the original six. This is less pressure on the fishery and provides for a more comfortable stay for the anglers.
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