Salmon Egg Curing Tips
At Becharof Lodge on The Egegik River we cure up a lot of salmon eggs. Cured salmon roe is some of the best bait there is when it comes to catching salmon in rivers. Due [...]
Recipe: Apple Ginger Salmon
It may be hard to believe but there are some anglers out there who don’t particularly enjoy eating salmon. That’s fine, and we’re here to help! Like other wild caught animals, the flavor of salmon [...]
Alaska Sporting Journal Article
We're pleased to share a recent magazine article by longtime angler/author, Scott Haugen, who has been coming to fish coho salmon with us on Alaska's Egegik River for many year. Thanks to Alaska Sporting Journal [...]
Nori Miso Salmon Recipe
Thinking outside the box is the best way to come up with new and exciting ways to cook fish. Many of us get stuck preparing our prized catch the same way, meal after meal. This [...]
Coho Salmon Fishing In Alaska
For over three decades Scott Haugen has been salmon fishing in Alaska. With the decline in king salmon fishing in recent years, Haugen has made an effort to raise awareness about coho, or silver salmon, [...]
Optimizing Travel & Fishing Time With Becharof Lodge On The Egegik River
Your time with us at Becharof Lodge on Alaska's Egegik River is designed to accommodate 5 days of fishing and 5 nights stay, but some planning on your part is essential in helping make this [...]
Cooking Salmon On A Salt Block
A while back we shared a recipe on our Becharof Lodge website that showed how to cook venison on a salt block. In this part of Alaska, we’re fortunate to get some big bull moose [...]
Anchovy Salmon
At Becharof Lodge, we get a lot of customers taking home a lot of coho salmon in August and September. One of the most common questions we get is from anglers is, “Do you have [...]
Properly Releasing A Salmon
When fishing with Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River, you’ll catch a lot of silver salmon. Since you’re only allowed to keep 5 silver salmon a day, that means the rest of your salmon catch [...]
September Coho Fishing With Becharof Lodge!
We’re pleased to announce the extension of our silver salmon season at Becharof Lodge on the Egegik River. This year, for the first time, we’re offering three fishing sessions in September, during the peak [...]
Chum Salmon Fishing On Alaska’s Egegik River
While anglers from around the world fish silver salmon with us at Becharof Lodge, once they tie into a hard-fighting, hefty chum salmon, their level of interest increases. “What do I have on, a big [...]
Wade Fishing For Coho Salmon In Alaska
Here’s a tip on wade fishing for silver salmon in Alaska. When fishing the Egegik River with us at Becharof Lodge, the key to consistently catching more silver salmon lies in not wading too deep. [...]
Arctic Grayling: Alaska’s Premier Glamor Fish
Many anglers travel to Alaska’s remote Egegik River to fish silver salmon with us at Becharof Lodge. But after catching so many silver salmon in a day, or two, they often ask about other fishing [...]
Coho: The New King Of Salmon
Whether you’re a resident looking to put meat in the freezer, or a traveling angler from out of state, there’s a new king of salmon in the making, and it’s the coho, or silver salmon. [...]
Bead Fishing For Silver Salmon In Alaska
Hey, I think he’s talking about us! Last August, outdoor writer, Scott Haugen once again visited our salmon fishing camp on Alaska’s Egegik River. Scott ranks the silver salmon fishing on the remote Egegik River [...]
Tips For Curing Salmon Eggs
We at Becharof Lodge on Alaska’s Egegik River, have what some veteran anglers call the best silver salmon fishing in Alaska. And while many anglers are excited to take home plenty of coho salmon fillets, [...]
Smoked Salmon: Dry Brines
With all the silver salmon people are catching with us this summer at Becharof Lodge, on Alaska’s Egegik River, they are loving the recipes! Here are two smoked salmon recipes using dry brines that are [...]
Video: Curing Salmon Eggs
We get a number of anglers coming to our camp at Becharof Lodge on Alaska's Egegik River, who take home salmon eggs to cure. They cure these salmon eggs to fish for salmon and steelhead, [...]
Coho Gumbo
Here, at Becharof Lodge, we’re having what could be our best coho salmon fishing season yet on Alaska’s Egegik River. Not only are we catching lots of silver salmon, but some big ones, too. With [...]
Popper Fishing For Coho
Popper fishing for coho salmon in Alaska is perhaps the fastest growing, most popular way to pursue these fish. Alaska's Egegik River is one of the best we've seen when it comes to popper fishing [...]
Removing Salmon Skeins
There are a lot of ways to remove skeins of eggs from salmon. This is one option we like to use when catching fat silver salmon on Alaska's Egegik River. The eggs in these salmon [...]
Smoked Salmon On A Camp Chef Pellet Grill
We do a lot of cooking on Camp Chef pellet grills, in multiple camps. If you've never used a pellet grill, they're easy and produce great results. Here, noted cookbook author, Tiffany Haugen, shares a [...]
Salmon Fishing Alaska’s Low, Clear Rivers
Alaska’s Egegik River is one of the clearest flowing in the state, and we’re fortunate to be able to fish it all summer long. At it’s headwaters, you’ll see the bottom of the Egegik River, [...]
Fresh Salmon Shore Lunch!
Every day when we're fishing for silver salmon on Alaska's Egegik River we try and have a fresh shore lunch. We prepare fish many ways, from chowders to tacos, stir fries to fried. When back [...]
Bobber & Jig Fishing For Silver Salmon
Of all the methods we use to catch coho salmon on the Egegik River, the most diverse is with a bobber and jig. There’s no other approach that allows for so much water to be [...]