Alaska · Dillingham Census Area
Nushagak River
Dillingham Census Area · 280 mi · Class I–II
Optimal: 2000–15000 CFS · USGS #15302500
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Loading…Avg flow: 8,500 cfsHist. median: 7,650 cfsUSGS #15302500
Bristol Bay Watershed · ADF&G King Salmon Fishery · Wood-Tikchik State Park (headwaters)
The largest king salmon producer in Bristol Bay. The Nushagak River runs 280 miles from the Wood-Tikchik State Park lakes to Bristol Bay, supporting some of the largest king salmon runs in Alaska — historically over 100,000 returning kings per year. All five species of Pacific salmon return to the Nushagak, plus trophy rainbow trout, char, and grayling. The river is famous for both fly-out lodge trips on the upper river and the dipnet fishery at Dillingham at the river mouth.
Outfitters
Royal Wolf Lodge
Fly-out king salmon and trophy rainbow trout lodge
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