Frequently Asked Questions
Booking Policies and Prices
If you cancel your charter, or fail to show up at time of departure, $100 of your $200 charter fee is non-refundable. We will evaluate cancellations on a case-by-case basis.
If we cancel, you will receive a full refund. Reasons we may cancel include, but are not limited to, the following:
Directions:
When you see the Hotel Chitina (mile 33.5 Edgerton Hwy - on your left coming into Chitina), take the second right (beside the lake) this is O'Brien Creek Road - stay on this road for 3 miles - about a mile or two down the road you will start seeing pull-outs/campsites that you can stay at (one has an outhouse) - keep going down the road, it will twist and turn, and narrow to a dirt road. Then you will come to a big hill and at the bottom, turn left and go all the way to the left-hand corner. People line up by the red fuel truck, next to the red cone.
What We Provide
What You Need to Bring
- Charters cost $200 per person for day charters and overnight charters per person, payable at time of booking. $100 of your reservation charge is a non-refundable deposit. See cancellation policy below for more details.
- If you booked a day charter online be ready to depart by 4:45 AM (5:45 AM in August) on the day of the charter.
- Booking an overnight charter requires you to be here between 2 and 4 PM and be ready to depart. Please note: you might have to wait in your fishing spot until 6 PM.
- Fishing sites for one person are extremely limited. Be prepared to be flexible
- Proxies allowed if it's the only permit your're fishing. If it's fished in conjunction with your permit, there will be an additional fare charged.
If you cancel your charter, or fail to show up at time of departure, $100 of your $200 charter fee is non-refundable. We will evaluate cancellations on a case-by-case basis.
If we cancel, you will receive a full refund. Reasons we may cancel include, but are not limited to, the following:
- We cancel your reservation due to high and we close because it's too dangerous.
- ADF&G closes the season by emergency order.
- We have mechanical or health issues.
- Other unforeseen emergencies.
Directions:
When you see the Hotel Chitina (mile 33.5 Edgerton Hwy - on your left coming into Chitina), take the second right (beside the lake) this is O'Brien Creek Road - stay on this road for 3 miles - about a mile or two down the road you will start seeing pull-outs/campsites that you can stay at (one has an outhouse) - keep going down the road, it will twist and turn, and narrow to a dirt road. Then you will come to a big hill and at the bottom, turn left and go all the way to the left-hand corner. People line up by the red fuel truck, next to the red cone.
What We Provide
- Round-trip transportation to a good fishing spot.
- We explain where and how to fish the specific spot you get dropped on.
- We check on you throughout the day, every few hours, and give pointers on how to fish more effectively.
- Please note: We do not check on overnighters after our last run around 6 PM. You will not see us again until 5:30 AM the next morning when we pick you up.
- We provide fish totes at time of pick up for your trip back to the cleaning tables.
What You Need to Bring
- Life jacket to wear at fishing spot. Please Note: It should be comfortable enough to wear at all times for safety.
- Tie off rope for added safety. 50 feet should be sufficient.
- Warm clothes, sunscreen, bug spray, scissors to cut tails as required by ADFG.
- You need to double check and make sure you have a current Alaska resident sport fishing license and a Chitina personal use dip net permit which may be obtained online or at various vendors. No king stamp is required in the personal use dip net fishery.
- Enough rope to make stringers. Note only 5 fish per stringer. One separate stringer in case you catch a king. We only put 15 fish in a tote at time of pickup, that's three stringers with 5 fish each.
- Food and drink. Please note: Only 50-quart coolers or less allowed on the boats with food and drink. Bigger coolers get too heavy and unmanageable when loading and unloading the boats so they get left at O"Brien Creek for you catch when you're done cleaning fish on the cleaning table. Also please note: fish on stringers get left in the water to keep them fresh until we pick you up.
- A fish bonker to kill your fish and a good knife for cleaning your catch when you return to the cleaning tables at O"Brien Creek.
- Dipnets and poles. One is good, two nets are better in case you lose one.
- A bucket to wash your spot.
- Hip boots or chest waders can sometimes improve your chances of catching fish because it gives us more options for fish drop-off sites.