Homer Floatplane Lodge offers several all-inclusive fishing and bear viewing packages, which include the following activities:

Halibut Fishing: Homer is the Halibut Capitol of the world. We aggressively fish for halibut aboard our newly re-powered 36 foot Delta which is coast guard inspected. The Sea Hawk provides a full walk around fishing platform and is skippered by John Phillips, a 25 year Alaskan fishing these waters. Your daily take home limit for halibut is 2 fish, and you can release as many as you would like. Our current release record is 36. Typically we will anchor up while fishing around the tides. The idea is to get a scent path using herring to attract in the fish. Halibut can exceed 300 pounds, however the average size is more like 35. This is a full day trip usually leaving the Homer Harbor around 6:30 in the morning and returning to the dock around 5 in the afternoon. We clean and fillet all fish and then off to the processor for vacuum packing and freezing and ready for you to take back home. Plan on returning home with a lot of fish. We do also offer a 3 day overnight trip to the Kodiak islands with overnight at Port Williams Cannery. This is a true trophy fish hunt and is available to groups of 6 or more.

Salmon Fishing: We typically fish for saltwater King Salmon during the first half of the season and for Silver Salmon after the third week of July. The King Salmon are the mightiest of the Salmon and will run upwards of 60 pounds with the average in the 30's. We use down riggers and troll using Herring as bait with a flasher set up. The Salmon are usually found around or near the river mouths. The Limit for King Salmon varies from 1 to 2 fish depending on the area that we catch them. Silver Salmon fishing in the fall has a limit of 3 fish per angler. It is not uncommon for us to have 3 to 4 anglers hooked up at the same time. Depending upon weather, we will commonly fish both Silvers and Halibut in the same day. Ling Cod season opens on July 1 and the limit for these mighty sea monsters is 2 per day. Our 2004 record was a trophy 62 pounder caught by David Butterfield.

Kenai River Fishing: The Kenai is the famous river of the giant Salmon. The worlds largest kings are taken from this great river. We will fish the Kenai in the month of June for the early run of kings and during July for the stronger 2nd run. The fishing on the Kenai is a little slower action, but when you hook up with one of those giants you will be in for the ride of your life. The daily limit is one per angler with two fish for the season. During the later part of the season, the Kenai will produce excellent rainbow trout fishing. You can perfect your fly fishing skills while drift fishing the upper sections of the river. Silvers will enter the river toward the middle of August. Daily limits are two fish.

Fly-out guided fishing: We will have a variety of fly out options for the 2007 season. The west side of Cook Inlet produces excellent dolly and Silver Salmon fishing during the month of August. We typically fish tidally dependent coastal streams, bring your fly gear, we will provide anglers with spinning gear. The early part of the season fly outs for King Salmon will be to the Nushagak River in the Bristol Bay drainage area as well as the Chuitna River. This is an excellent opportunity for world class Salmon fishing.

Brown Bear Viewing: We have a variety of brown bear photography programs. These tours include the coastal areas of the Katmai and Lake Clark National Park regions as well as the infamous Brooks Falls. Expect spectacular wilderness scenery while bear viewing. Transportation is via floatplane and or Cessna 206 with beach landing in the coastal areas. Trip destinations will vary depending on the bear migrations. We do have several options that include a day of fishing while enjoying the company of the brown bears as they also fish. Overnight trips at wilderness camps and lodges are available to those wishing to extend this adventure. These trips are to sensitive areas and are limited to small groups of 4 to 8 people.

Floatplane to Glacier: Flyout to Grewingk Glacier with Kayak adventure over to Glacier Ice. Short hike down to Kachemak Bay for a return Water Taxi ride via Gull Island Bird Sanctuary back to Homer.

Guided River Fishing: Guided Fly-fishing on local rivers and lakes. This adventure includes a full day of instruction at locations local to Homer. Fish caught will include Dolly Varden, Steelhead and Salmon (depending on dates). This will be mostly catch and release on the Anchor River and at Deep Creek. We do offer an option to fly out to Kachemak Bay State Park Lakes for a day of shoreside fishing.

All Lodge Activities are conducted by professional experienced guides as well as the best equipment. We specialize in Saltwater and Freshwater Halibut and Salmon Fishing. We operate in the area of the Kenai Peninsula with guided Drift river fishing on the Kenai and Kasilof River 's. The saltwater fishing is Cook Inlet at its finest. Our fly-out 's for bear viewing and fishing typically go to the west side of Cook Inlet and into the National Park regions. We do offer additional substitute activities including local area flightseeing, Glacier kayaking, day tours, and more. Please inquire for special itinerary planning.