Why us?

Why GRRVP for your Sockeye Salmon fishing trip?

For our self guided fishing trip:

If you taking a self guided trip, you will have full access to our private shoreline. The prime part of the world famous Copper River Sockeye run on the Gulkana River starts roughly at the end of the King Salmon season and continues until the end of August.  Huge runs of these Copper River Sockeye pass by our park and hold up in several holes along our 750 ft. of shoreline.  You can catch them directly from our banks.  You will also be able to fish for rainbow trout, steelhead and grayling.  Our location on the Gulkana River keeps the river in front of our park free from other fishermen.

If you are taking a guided Sockeye Salmon fishing trip:

The map on the right shows the lower Gulkana River as it runs along the Richardson Hwy.  This map shows all the access points between where the Gulkana River flows into the Copper River and where Sourdough Creek enters the Gulkana.  All guides who drift fish on the Gulkana must launch from one of these access points.  Sourdough Campground has easy access to the river but it's 20 highway miles and 30 river miles to the bridge where most trips end.  That is over 12 hours on the river!  You can also come out at Mile 141.5 or Poplar Grove Creek but your must hike up a steep, quarter mile trail. 

To enter the river at Mile 141.5 or Poplar Grove, it is necessary to carry a raft down a steep, pot-holed, bug infested quarter mile trail, and you, the client, will have to help carry the fishing gear.  The trip from Mile 141.5 to Poplar Grove Creek includes both a hike down a steep quarter mile trail and then up a steep quarter mile trail.

The trip from Poplar Grove Creek to Sailor's Pit is very popular with our competition.  It starts with a quarter mile hike down a steep trail carrying fishing gear.  This is a long trip because they can not come out until Sailor's Pit.

The trip from Sailor's Pit to the bridge is short, and since it is a public access point, all the holes from there to the bridge have been  plugged with people the last few years.  It should be much worse in 2008 because our RV Park is now private and only our permit holders and our guests will be allowed to use our launching ramp.

These are the access points our competition must use for their fishing trips.  You either must accept a very long trip, or a short hike carrying fishing gear, or fish crowded holes. 

Our guided Sockeye Salmon fishing trips leave from our own launching ramp in our private RV Park allowing for very easy access.

Our guided Sockeye Salmon fishing trips are the very reasonable price of $195 per person, two person minimum.

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