Fishing near Kodiak, AK
Kodiak Island sits in the Gulf of Alaska and is one of the state's most productive sport fishing destinations. Saltwater anglers target halibut, lingcod, rockfish, and salmon offshore, while rivers like the Buskin and Pasagshak draw wade fishers chasing sockeye, coho, pink, and king salmon. The main charter season runs May through October, and freshwater access spans a network of short, wild rivers across the island.
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Black Rockfish
Sebastes melanops
Chinook Salmon
Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Dolly Varden
Salvelinus malma
Kelp Greenling
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus
Pacific Cod
Gadus macrocephalus
Pacific Halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Spiny Dogfish
Squalus acanthias
Starry Flounder
Yelloweye Rockfish
Sebastes ruberrimus
Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
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