What a gem of a place. I would give them a gazillion stars if I could. Here's my list of reasons to visit False Island Lodge. 1. THE FISHING (of course) 2. The Staff 3. The Food 4. The Wildlife 1. THE FISHING-the fishing was great. We caught salmon, halibut, cod, crabs, and shrimp. We took home 7 boxes of fish! I'll be eating pretty for awhile. 2. The Staff-the staff here are amazing and work their asses off, especially Captain Josh (our captain for three days). He was a work horse. He ensured we caught our limits everyday or at least tried really hard to. Not an easy feat considering we were 2 old guys and a female. He was also better than google with the amount of information he was able to share about Alaska, fishing, and all the wildlife we saw. Overall the staff make this trip an amazing experience. They try so hard to make sure you have a good time. 3. The food-yum, yum, yum. Kathy fed us so well. My favorites were the crab, clam chowder, and halibut, but there was also baby back ribs and prime rib. They fixed a made to order lunch each day from a variety of sandwiches and there was all you could eat fresh baked cookies, hot drinks, etc., etc., etc. You definitely won't go hungry here. 4. The Wildlife-Alaska really is beautiful. I was sad to leave. We saw killer whales, a humpback whale, bald eagles, and bears. Thanks to our captain we were able to get really close, too. I loved, loved, loved this place. I hope I'll be able to go back again someday. In the meantime I will recommend it to everyone I know, because it was that fantastic of a trip. read more

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Can't believe I'm already at review #500. That's a whole lot of restaurants, hotels, and businesses I've reviewed since October 2006 (and not one of those review involves a UYE, political statement, gas station, Walgreens, Walmart, etc, but legitimate businesses that I've or someone else in my party paid for.) Damn I spend a lot of money... So for #500, I'm choosing probably one of my most memorial vacations I've done in awhile and doing a review of False Island Lodge. Located about 1.5 hour boat ride out of Sitka Alaska, False Island Lodge sits about a 10 minute boat ride from some of the major fishing grounds of Sitka. The best part about this lodge is that the only other people out here are the commercial fisherman, during my 5 day stay here I didn't see another sport fishing boat around. This makes for an ideal situation if you're going after BIG FISH. False Island Lodge is actually an old logging barge converted into a sportsman lodge. They have about 5 rooms with bunk beds so can hold up to about 20 guests plus they have rooms for their staff as well. For literally being out in the middle of no where, they have all the modern conveniences you would find in anywhere. The lodge has everything you could need from your basics of running hot and cold water and flushing toilets to a flat screen satellite TV and hot tub. Only thing missing was WiFi and a regular phone (you could use their satellite phone if needed) and to be honest I didn't miss having any of those things. They don't have a "chef" but they have a darn good cook that made eating here quite a pleasure with plenty of it including an all you can eat crab feed. I gained about 4 pounds on this vacation. Another bonus is that they provide all the gear for you, so you don't need to take your rods or Gundens with you if you want to use their gear. They run 29 foot boats with heads and the fishing grounds are as close as a 10 minute boat ride but some of the favorite holes are about an hour. During the time here I saw a wide range of wildlife such as Bald Eagles, Bears, Humpback Whales, and Orcas and in our boat caught about 15 different types of fish including two halibuts that were 116 & 164 and several kings that were 25+. We also did some shrimping and crabbing too and brought home 9 boxes of meat which equals to 450 lbs. Overall words can not express what a great time my family had at False Island Lodge. This is definitely one of those diamonds in the roughs and if you're looking for an exceptional Alaska Fishing Experience, this is one of the top lodges I've ever been too. Perfect 5 star rating and hope to go back sometime soon. read more

False Island Wilderness Lodge - Tours Near Me

I worked at false is from 1966 to 1973 when it started as a logging Camp clear Creek log co owners Pat soderberg, Les Smith one man caught 53lb king where float camp is tied I went back in 2009 to visit left owners pictures of log dump where barge is pictures were taken winter of,1967 Jim smith read more