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 [...]
Fishing Poppers For Silver Salmon
At Becharof Lodge, we’re fortunate to be situated on the banks of the beautiful Egegik River. The Egegik River in remote Alaska is a clear, shallow river with a gravel bottom that holds a lot [...]
Fishing Videos From Alaska’s Egegik River
Here are some videos taken at our remote fishing camp on the upper end of Alaska's Egegik River, in what we call the Rapids Camp. There's a lot of great silver salmon fishing to be [...]
Salmon Jerky
Jerky is one of the most popular meats on the planet. From bear to moose to ducks to fish, we eat a lot of it. With just a few ingredients and some time, just about any protein [...]
Italian Smoked Salmon
Due to a five coho salmon per day limit, anglers leave Becharof Lodge, on Alaska’s Egegik River, with loads of fresh fish. While salmon can be cooked many ways, smoked salmon is a favorite of many people. [...]
Are Coho Salmon The New Kings Of Alaska?
Here at Becharof Lodge, we’re booking more and more coho fishermen each year. When we stop and ask ourselves why this is so, there are many possible answers. Of course, we’d like to think it’s [...]