Enjoy this magazine article that appeared in the January 2025 issue of Alaska Sporting Journal. Story by Scott Haugen. Photos by Mat Hayward. Hopping from the floatplane, I barley hit the tundra when professional photographer, [...]

”Fishing With Donald Trump Jr. & Becharof Lodge On Alaska‘s Egegik River“ by Scott Haugen You can tell a lot about a person when the fishing is slow. You learn even more when their teenage [...]

We're fortunate to have a number of salmon fishing guests come our way from all over the country, and the Great Lakes region is one of them. No matter where you're from, Becharof Lodge on [...]

Even on Alaska’s Egegik River the early morning coho bite is best. On slow days this is more evident, but it’s also the case on days when the salmon fishing is red-hot. In any given [...]

“You know what, that’s fishing, and sometimes having to work at it is just what’s needed,” shared Donald Trump Jr. when I apologized for how slow the fishing was. Don, his two sons Donnie (14), [...]

This story is by longtime outdoor writer, Scott Haugen, and it ran in the June/July 2023 issue of STS magazine. Scott has been coming to Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River for over 15 years [...]

Here's the latest magazine article on fishing coho salmon with us at Becharof Lodge on Alaska's Egegik River. This story is by Tracy Beard, and is featured in the May/June issue of NW Travel Magazine. [...]

Families, friends, and strangers always have a good time at Becharof Lodge, where you can fish together or alone, if you choose. (Mat Hayward photo) After more than an hour of watching friends catch coho [...]

We’ve had a number of people ask about the latest article that’s running in the current issue of Salmon, Trout, Steelheader magazine (the Jan. 2023 issue), saying it’s hard to read the pages on their [...]

Everyone who fishes in Alaska wants a mighty king salmon, just as every hunter who travels to Alaska wants a big bull moose. The starting point to preserving king salmon runs starts with a change [...]

It’s no secret king salmon runs are declining in Alaska, and they have been for many years. In some rivers, returning kings are small, weighing only a few pounds, not upwards of 30 pounds like they [...]

Our 2022 coho season on Alaska’s Egegik River goes down as the best ever…not because of the fishing, but because of our awesome guests! Throughout all of Bristol Bay, the coho runs weren’t what we [...]

Check out the latest feature story in the Dec. 2021 issue of Salmon, Trout, Steelheader magazine by noted author and longtime visitor tp Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River, Scott Haugen. There's a reason he [...]

At Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River we're fortunate to have access to some of the best coho fishing in the world, right out our door. Thanks to the gentile nature and physical features of [...]

Last coho season, outdoor writer, Scott Haugen, spent the whole time with us, something he’s wanted to do for many years, as he ranks the silver salmon fishing on Alaska’s Egegik River as the best [...]

Enjoy the latest magazine article on what it's like fishing with us at Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River, as well as the many remote streams in our area. This story is in the spring [...]

At Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River, we’re excited for another outstanding summer of fishing and wildlife watching. In addition to our world-class coho fishing and brown bear viewing right from the lodge, this year [...]

Last August we had outdoor writer, Scott Haugen in our camp. Fourteen years ago Scott wrote an article in Salmon, Trout, Steelheader magazine on fishing for silver salmon on the Egegik River with us. The [...]