Location: The Alaska Sapsuk and Steelhead River camps are located 500 miles Southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula. The camps are each located just a few miles from the Bering Sea village of Nelson Lagoon.

Nelson Lagoon is on the Alaska Peninsula (located 500 miles from Anchorage), far beyond the areas typically reached by traveling anglers. The village has about 60 year-round residents (80 percent Alaskan natives, the majority Aleut) in 25 households. Until recently, there were few fresh-water recreational fishing opportunities in this area.

This past summer, the village corporation, Nelson Lagoon Corporation (NLC), and APICDA (Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association), joined forces to develop a sustainable recreational fishery here. NLC owns thousands of acres of land and, with the exception of a few small in-holdings, is the only entity legally allowed to traverse above the mean high water mark on many of the area’s streams and rivers.

The Alaska fishing currently focuses on two main river systems: the Steelhead River and the larger Sapsuk River (a/k/a “Hoodoo River”). The Sapsuk and Steelhead rivers are teeming with dime-bright Silvers which eagerly take both traditional sub-surface and top-water flies. These Silvers are much larger than those in southeast Alaska, with many weighing more than 15 pounds. In addition to Silvers, the area also offers incredible fishing for large Dolly Varden, King Salmon, Steelhead and Red Salmon.