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466 LB Halibut Beats Alaska State Record!

Highliner Lodge & Fishing Charters














This is "downtown" Pelican!

This is "downtown Juneau"

Where would you rather fish?






Our Story in June
Fish Alaska Magazine

Welcome to the Highliner Lodge & Charters website.
We are an Alaska charter fishing and adventure lodge. We specialize in all-inclusive fully guided packages. We catch king and silver salmon and halibut all on the same day! The Highliner Lodge offers access to the most productive and unexploited sport-fishing in Alaska. No where else in Alaska (or the world) can you find such an abundance of sport fish! If you think that this just more of the usual unsubstantiated and outlandish claims that all so-called "sports fishing lodges" make… please do yourself a favor and carefully read our first three of our webpages. I am confident that you will find compelling evidence to choose the Highliner Lodge as your next sport fishing destination!

Everyone claims to be the "best"? Where we have rivals, those destinations are now-a-days crushed by tourism. If you can get there by car, RV or cruise ship...If you can land a jet there...then it will be like any other so called "world class" fishing destination... over-hyped, over-crowded, over-fished and under-whelming.

This is the incredible view from your room!


Location, Location, Location! Salmon & halibut migrate from the West to the East. Because it is so inaccessible, there is almost no fishing in the 450 mile area directly in front of this migratory path (purple area marked “unfished”). We are the first in line. We like to say we are “Closest to the Fish!” This is why our halibut are 3 times larger than Sitka, Seward and Homer! Our halibut average 45 pounds... their’s average only 15 pounds. This is because our fishing grounds are NOT over fished! (The table in upper right hand corner of the chart is blown up below for a better view of the average halibut weights). Our halibut are counted in the Glacier Bay area. I have highlighted Yakutat because they also fish in this unexploited area and that's why they have the second largest halibut in the state.



If you're not catching fish, shouldn't you change your location? Formerly great fishing areas do get fished out. Regulations change to protect the few remaining fish. (Google: Local Depletion Sitka) Did you think that fish are evenly distributed throughout the ocean, and it doesn't matter where you fish? I'm sorry to say this but, if you do… you aren't much of a fishermen. I have done nothing but fish for a living for almost 40 years and I want to tell you a secret... LOCATION is the single most important factor in catching salmon and halibut! “See our Catch Rates!” webpage.



The Highliner Lodge is situated in the former commercial fishing boom-town of Pelican, Alaska. Pelican's fish processing plant hasn't been operating for many years now. The quaint Alaskan fishing village now has a population of less than 100 year-around residents. Although most of the commercial fishing fleet has left (They have no one to sell their fish to)… the fish are still here! We have built the Highliner Lodge where the fish are… where YOU can catch fish! Most lodges are built where THEY can catch people.


We have a spectacular view of the boat harbor, Lisianski Inlet and the gorgeous snow capped mountains! The boat harbor is at our front door.


Our only road is a 12 foot wide wooden boardwalk! Away from cruise ships and airports, some say that Pelican is the undiscovered gem of southeast Alaska! However, the Highliner Lodge has been "discovered"… we have grown by 80%, 20% and 96% in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. We only started in 2005 with zero business. Remember this is during the Great Recession! My accountant says that we must be doing something right!

Gee, what happened??? Well, we got discovered! Don’t worry, most of this “crowd” is me... again and again... I’m just having too much fun (with Photoshop)! A big crowd at the lodge is just 20 guests.

Incredible fishing and unparalleled beauty; this combination will make your stay at the Highliner Lodge unforgettable! Pelican, an authentic, rustic, rootin-tootin’ commercial fishing village, was pioneered in 1938 to process the seemingly boundless runs of salmon and halibut caught by the Highliners who fished in these nearby waters. Where? Where the fish are! (Location, location, location!) Pelican claimed to be “Closest to the fish” in those days. We are still indisputably "Closest to the Fish!" today!

Please see our "CATCH RATES" page for proof.

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