Alagnak River Float Trips

Drop Point:  Nonvianuk Lake

N 59^o 01.05’        W 155^o 35.82’

Alternate Drop Point:  Kukaklek Lake

N 59^O 07.86’        W 155^O 32.91’

Short Pick Up Point:  Estradas’

N 59^o 07.15’        W 156^o 18.91’

Pick Up Point:  Kvichak River

N 59^O 02.29’        W 156^O 50.50’

River Length:  36 miles                                                                    Please Click Picture to Enlarge

Class of Rapids:  I-II

Average Float Time:  3 – 7 days

Round Trip Cost: Nonvianuk - Estradas

DeHavilland Beaver - $5,950.00

Cessna 206 - $3,950.00

The Alagnak River Float is a relatively easy float with Class I – II waters.  It offers fantastic fishing and hiking opportunities and great unobstructed views of beautiful tundra scenery.  This river may be floated from either Kukaklek Lake or Nonvianuk Lake, and has two options for pick up points.

The Float Begins at Nonvianuk Lake and is an easy 11 miles of steady class II waters.  If starting from Kukaklek Lake it is 19 mile of Class II with one canyon of Class II+ rapids.  From the confluence of the Alagnak and Nonvianuk Rivers the waters are all a mellow Class I.

Float Season:  June 15^th – September 30^th

The river is floatable earlier and later that this, but this is the optimal fishing season.

Fish:  All 5 species of Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Grayling, Dolly Varden

Fishing Regulations: For the most up to date regulations please visit the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game

www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/reghome.cfm

Maps: USGS Quads – Illiamna A-7, A-8, Dillingham A-1, A-2, A-3

Alagnak River Facts:

·         Locally the Alagnak is known as the Branch River

·         Nomadic peoples have been fishing the Alagnak Region for 4000 years

·         Russians first came to this area in 1818

Please Contact Us today to book your Alagnak River Float Trip.

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