Naknek River

The most famous trophy rainbow trout river on earth. The Naknek drains Naknek Lake in Katmai National Park and Preserve, supporting wild rainbows that routinely exceed 30 inches and 15 pounds — fish that grow large eating the eggs and flesh of the millions of sockeye salmon returning to the Bristol Bay watershed. The river also produces world-class king salmon, sockeye, silvers, char, and grayling. King Salmon, Alaska sits at the river mouth and is the access point for nearly every Bristol Bay sportfishing operation.