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KODIAK RASPBERRY
ISLAND REMOTE LODGE
701-526-1677
Kodiak is well-known for excellent
king salmon and halibut fishing on
an island also famed for massive
brown bears. Lodge owners Tiffany
and Birch Robbins serve as hosts.ACCESS: Most guests fly from
Anchorage to Kodiak, and a launch
transports guests to Raspberry Island
and the lodge.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Five cabins with
queen and twin beds, with an average
of 12 guests per week.
SPORT-FISHING FLEET: Custom-built
30- and 37-foot aluminum catama-
rans equipped with 500- and 600 hp
engines, respectively.
TACKLE AND BAITS: Bottom jigging
for halibut and lingcod with Accurate
reels and TFO Voo-Doo Daddy rods;
trolling for salmon with Accurate reels
and Edge rods; fly-fishing for salmon
in rivers with Scott and Sage rods
and Ross reels; mooching bait or deep
jigging with TFO Voo-Doo Daddy rods
and Penn reels. Common baits include
herring and octopus.
PRIMARY FISHING GROUNDS: Forty-
five minutes to one hour from lodge.
TARGETED SPECIES: Halibut, rockfish,
lingcod and all five salmon species,
particularly reds, kings and silvers.
SEASON: Reds late May to early June;
kings late May through early August;
silvers mid-July to mid-August in
salt water and late August to mid-
September in rivers; halibut late May
through mid-September; lingcod July;
rockfish late May to mid-September.
RATE: $3,134 per person for four
nights; $4,658 per person for six nights.
Transportation to the lodge (mostly by
boat, sometimes by floatplane) from
Kodiak City included.
COMMENTS: Nonfishing activities
are available, including sea kayaking,
hiking and fly-out bear viewing.Anglers at Kodiak
Raspberry Island
Remote Lodge take
trophy chinook
salmon both wade-
fishing and from
the resort’s custom
30- and 37-foot
aluminum cats.