Aniak River Lodge - 2024 TRIP REPORT

The week of August 9-16 was good for rainbow trout, dolly varden, grayling, sheefish, and pike. There were a few silvers caught, too. Bob Korose and Jim Trobaugh had a great time with pink wogs on silvers. They landed several and missed a lot of takes.

Laurie Woody landed a 25-plus-inch rainbow. Most of the group landed bows over 22 inches.

Mo Tidemanis landed four sheefish one morning on Clouser’s; one was a 40 incher.

We had heavy rain early in the week; it brought the river up over two feet and made the visibility about 10 inches. The guides know their beats so well that they were able to find rainbows, dollies, and graylings in good numbers, even with fair at best conditions.

The week of August 16-23 had good water conditions. The river dropped a couple of feet, and there was good visibility. The silvers moved in in big numbers. Don Arthur and Doug Riggs had 120 and 100 plus fish days. My wife Toni and I landed about 30 silvers one morning in a couple of hours. We could have caught more, but we decided we wanted to get some rainbows, dollies, and grayling, too.

Sam Crouser landed a stunning, colored-up 25-inch dolly.

Dave Moniz and I had an outstanding day on rainbows. We landed over a dozen between 20 and 25 inches. We had a double in the net—two rainbows over 22 inches.

Hot pink and purple/pink bunny leeches were the best flies for silvers. There were enough aggressive silvers around that wogs worked well. Most of the sheefish were caught on clouser minnows. For both weeks, beads were the ticket for rainbows, dollies, and grayling. King, chum, pink, and sockeye spawns were happening in both weeks. Flesh flies had good results for those wanting to target mostly rainbows.

Overall, we had two excellent weeks with a good mixed bag of fish. The Aniak is as good as it gets in Alaska.

If you want some of the best mousing in Alaska, we recommend the month of July.

If you would like to go on an August hosted trip with Guy in 2025 or 2026, contact Guy or Brad and get signed up.

Aniak River Lodge
2025 and 2026 Hosted Weeks

2025 Hosted Weeks:
7-nights and 6-days guided fishing
$8,450.00 per person
Rainbows and Silvers Weeks:
• August 07-15, 2025:  Guy Schoenborn hosts
• August 14-22, 2025:  Guy hosts

2026 Hosted Weeks:
7-nights and 6-days guided fishing
$8,450.00 p.p. (Rate subject to change)
Rainbows and Silvers Weeks:
• August 13-21, 2026:  Guy Schoenborn hosts
• August 20-28, 2026:  Guy hosts

Guy Schoenborn
1-800-205-3474  ext. 1
Email:  guy@fishingwithlarry.com

Brad Staples
1-800-205-3474  ext. 3
Cell (503) 250-0558
Email:  brad@fishingwithlarry.com

Guide Tyler and Laurie Woody's Rainbow

Mo Tidemanis with Aniak River Sheefish

Sam Crouser with Aniak Dolly Varden

Guy and David Moniz with a Rainbow Double

Testimony:  “Best fishing ever. A great trip. Not only was the fishing great, the camp has been upgraded over the years. The cleanliness of the camp and rooms is appreciated. The amount of thought and attention to detail is quite evident. Everything I asked for, from fishing to the CPAP machine, was dealt with speed and efficiency. The food was great. The steak night was a treat. The guides are awesome, and the camp staff and Ian were great. Ben, Bruce, Taylor, Matt, and Eli went out of the way to make sure I had a great time with a lot of laughs. Thanks again to ARL for a week I will not forget.” - David Moniz

Guy and Toni Schoenborn with Silver Salmon

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