Alaska Sportsman’s Lodge

A 2005 Orvis Endorsed Fishing Lodge of the Year and Sporting Classics Best Fishing Lodge in 2007, Alaska Sportsman’s Lodge is a full-service lodge on the Kvichak River just four miles downstream from Lake Iliamna.

Located in the heart of Alaska’s designated trophy rainbow trout area, guests can fish for all five species of Pacific salmon as well as giant rainbows, dolly varden and Arctic grayling.

Guest cabins have private bathrooms, and our program offers the opportunity to fly out to nearby streams for the day or take advantage of the tremendous fishing right out the front door on our home river.

All-inclusive packages include air transportation between Anchorage and the lodge, meals, guides (one guide per two guests), fly-outs, license and all necessary fishing gear. Contact Brian Kraft for additional information at (907) 227-8719 or visit www.fishasl.com.

EPIC Angling Adventures

EPIC Angling & Adventure specializes in two remote fly fishing adventure trips in Alaska. There are no fine paintings, no fancy carpet and few formalities, just a genuine atmosphere, pristine waters, no crowds and mind-blowing numbers of fish.

Alaska Wilderness Safari offers extreme isolation, productive coastal waters and breathtaking scenery. This comfortable camp caters to small groups with gourmet meals, day hike options and helicopter fly-outs.

Alaska Wilderness Outpost is a rustic camp offering “leopard” rainbow trout, arctic grayling, char and salmon in a small-stream setting. Short on frills, the die-hard fisherman won’t be disappointed! Contact EPIC Angling & Adventure at www.epicanglingadventure.com or (512) 656-2736.

Mission Lodge

Mission Lodge is considered one of Alaska’s finest fly out lodge operations. Located in the heart of the Bristol Bay region in southwest Alaska, we are within easy flying distance of the finest waters in the state. Depending on the week, we target five species of Pacific salmon, rainbow trout, arctic char, Dolly varden, arctic grayling, lake trout and northern pike.

If you are interested in a first-class luxury experience without comprising great fishing, this may well be your kind of place. We are committed to providing the best service possible with the ultimate goal being to have fun while catching lots of fish! Visit http://fishingpursuits.com/ or call (800) 819-0750.

Kasba Lake Lodge

Kasba Lake Lodge is like three trips in one. Located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, Kasba is one of the few places where you will find true trophy fishing for three different species without long boat rides or fly-outs. You can fish for big northern pike (lake record is a 54-inch, 36-pounder), lake trout (lake record is 56 pounds) and Arctic grayling (lake record is 5-pounds, 10-ounces, just a few ounces shy of the world record). Kasba has been catch-and-release since 1975.

Fly into Kasba’s private airstrip, and just a short walk leads you to first-class accommodations, gourmet food and world-class guides. Reference this article and get 2008 pricing on your 2010 trip! Don’t forget to ask about Kasba’s trip guarantee. To learn more about Kasba’s triple-trophy-fishing trips, visit www.Kasba.com or call (800) 663-8641.

Arctic Adventures

With more than three decades of experience hosting hunters and aglers in Arctic Quebec, this Inuit-owned outfitter has built an enviable reputation for consistently providing top-quality hunts and personalized professional service.

Arctic Adventures hunts are organized with the single-minded purpose of giving each hunter a memorable experience on the tundra. When you book your trip, you know you'll be sharing camp with a maximum of eight hunters. All camps have clean, comfortable shower facilities, flush toilets, electricity and satellite phone service.

Chartered planes enable Arctic Adventures to move hunters should the caribou migrations shift. That explains why their clients have enjoyed a nearly 100-percent success rate for two bulls over the past ten years.

To book your Arctic Adventure, call (800) 465-9474, visit www.arcticadventures.ca or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Canada North Outfitting

For 29 years Canada North Outfitting has been outfitting hunts for barren-ground muskox, caribou, polar and grizzly bears, along with Greenland muskox, Atlantic walrus and arctic wolf.

Our clients regularly shoot “book” trophies and have a 100 percent hunter success rate on muskox, caribou, grizzly bear and walrus. Even our bowhunters have had 100 percent success on muskox. We pride ourselves on delivering the game. Prices start at $5,900 for Greenland muskox, which includes four days, one-on-one guiding or $5,100 for central-Canada, barren-ground caribou, which includes five days two-to-one guiding with a bag limit of two caribou. E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (613) 256-4057.

Kodiak Legends Lodge

Come visit Kodiak Legends Lodge for the ultimate life experience – a pristine area full of wildlife, epic runs of salmon and steelhead, saltwater fishing for every species imaginable and world-class hunting – all surrounded by spectacular scenery and rolling emerald hills. Enjoy the grandeur of Kodiak from our luxurious lodge where we aim to provide the best customer service and a breadth of outdoor opportunities beyond your imagination.

We have gourmet meals and well-appointed accommodations, fly out fishing for steelhead, rainbows, chinook, coho and sockeye salmon, saltwater fishing for barn-door halibut, ling-cod and Boone & Crockett Sitka blacktail deer, world-class waterfowling for harlequin, Pacific eider, and Barrows goldeneye. Prices run from $3,900 to $6,300. Call (877) KOD- 4111, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.kodiaklegendslodge.com.

Collingwood Bros. Guides and Outfitters

Join the Collingwoods on a remote wilderness hunting and fly fishing adventure in the game-rich Spatsizi Wilderness Park in British Columbia. With more than 40 years in the outfitting business, the Collingwood family offers reliable, high-quality hunts with first-class facilities and equipment.

An on-sight, super-cruiser floatplane, jet boats and horses provide the best possible access for hunters and a high success rate. Along with exceptional big-game hunting, Collingwood Bros. offers outstanding fly fishing and upland bird shooting. From their distinctive lodge, fly out daily for wild rainbows, arctic grayling and trophy-sized bull trout.

The fly out destinations are endless and the streams are loaded with feisty rainbow trout, easily enticed to take a dry fly. It’s a dry fly fisherman’s paradise! Call (250) 847-9692 or visit www.collingwoodbros.com.

Vancouver Island Guide Outfitters

Hunt the “Land of the Giants” for trophy black bear and Roosevelt elk with guide and outfitter Darren DeLuca who offers the finest spot-and-stalk hunting on Vancouver Island.

Hunting 1,500 square miles of prime ocean and mountain habitat on the west coast of Vancouver Island, you’ll see gorgeous sites and scenery. Day trips by 4x4, boat or ATV provide exciting, all-inclusive hunting adventures in pursuit of trophy bruins, bucks and bulls.

Our guests stay at the comfortable Riverside Lodge, a 6,000-square-foot luxury log home along the Somass River. Riverside Lodge offers Canadian hospitality with private rooms and baths, a spectacular great room, full-course meals and friendly service. Call (250) 724-1533 or visit www.IslandHunter.ca

Hartland Whitetail Ranch

Hartland Whitetail Ranch in Saskatchewan, Canada, offers exceptional trophies (200-plus whitetails and 400-plus elk). Many elite trophies have been taken, including a 503 6/8-inch elk and a mule deer scoring 233 5/8 inches. These scores set new SCI world records in 2006.

In 2009 many magnificent whitetails were harvested, including two in the 260-inch class. Each year many hunters are rewarded with a trophy of a lifetime. Now booking for fall 2010 and 2011. Call (800) 799-4305 or visit www.hartlanddeer.com.

Alaska’s Valhalla Lodge

Fish the great runs of Bristol Bay salmon and the superb rainbow trout on the streams of Lake Iliamma and Katmai National Park. Fishing these remote waters and viewing the diverse wildlife is a true Alaska adventure.

Our crystal-clear home stream, just minutes from the lodge by jet boat, is perfect for fishing with dry flies for rainbow trout and arctic grayling, and provides a nice alternative to float-plane flyouts. Our wilderness lodge accommodates only eight guests per week, providing you the privacy and personalized fishing not often found at larger facilities. Guest cabins are well appointed with private baths and all the amenities, including laundry service. Call (907) 243-6096 or visit www.valhallalodge.com.

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Gull Cove

Some places are just more special than others, and when you leave, a piece of your soul stays behind. Gull Cove is one of those places.

No one comes to Alaska by accident. Whether fishing from one of our guided boats, fly fishing a secluded stream, hiking with our guides or setting off on the hunts you’ve dreamed about, Gull Cove is ready to be your authentic Alaskan experience.

Many of our guests come year after year, because we offer a private, unpretentious experience. If you, too, are looking for an Alaskan adventure where breathtaking surroundings will lift your spirit, then check out www.gullcove.com or call (907)-789-0944 – you won’t regret it.

Wollaston Lake Lodge

The Wollaston Lake Lodge Experience: Remote fly-in, catch-and-release trophy fishing. Given its excellent reputation, Wollaston Lake Lodge is a name many seasoned freshwater anglers will recognize.

Whether you are a first-time guest or one of the many who return to enjoy Wollaston Lake Lodge year after year, there is no denying the attraction of this world-class, catch-and-release fishing destination.

This is a luxury lodge in the most pristine wilderness setting you could imagine. Located just south of the Arctic Circle in the remote reaches of northeastern Saskatchewan’s boreal forest is this crown jewel of freshwater lakes. Premium equipment and expert guides are ready to take you on this adventure and pamper you in the process.

Take on the challenge of the Wollaston Lake Lodge Grand Slam featuring northern pike, lake trout, walleye and Arctic grayling. “Catch a Memory!” at Wollaston Lake Lodge. Call (800) 328-0628 or visit www.wollastonlakelodge.com for more information.

Brays Island Plantation

A haven for those who appreciate both nature and a host of outdoor sporting pursuits, Brays Island Plantation is the perfect place to enjoy the best the land has to offer.

The homeowners of Brays Island are living what would seem to be a bygone reality – the pleasures of a leisure class of Southern plantation owners. This 5,500-acre private residential community, with 3,500 acres set aside as a nature and hunting preserve, is remarkably unchanged from earlier days when Brays Island functioned as a working plantation.

Whenever they like, any of the 325 co-owners of Brays Island Plantation can walk from their front porches into a private sporting playground to hunt, fish, ride horses, launch kayaks, play golf and shoot sporting clays. All of this in addition to the elegant owners’ inn, tennis courts and fitness center. Brays Island is set in the quiet scenery of live oaks and camellia gardens, early 1900s farm buildings of whitewashed brick, bluff-edged river views, and native woodlands of pine and palmetto. The mix of natural beauty and diversity of activities creates Bray’s rare and strong appeal.

Located near the South Carolina coast between Charleston and Savannah, Brays Island Plantation’s combination of amenities and location makes it much more than a gated sporting community – it’s a way of life. Visit www.viewbrays.com or call (866) 320-1201.