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Water Taxi and Overnight Kayaking Tour Update 2025

Explore Alaska’s Wilderness: New Afternoon Departures for Our Overnight Kayak Adventures, and a new water taxi schedule for the first time in over 20 years! At Miller’s Landing, we’ve made it easier than ever to experience the awe-inspiring beauty of Kenai Fjords National Park. Our Overnight Kayak Adventures to Northwestern Fjord and Aialik Bay as…

Exploring Alaska with Ease: Renting Cars and Motorhomes for Your Alaskan Adventure

Exploring Alaska with Ease: Renting Cars and Motorhomes for Your Alaskan Adventure Traveling through Alaska offers an unforgettable experience, with vast landscapes, rich wildlife, and countless activities along the way. At Millers Landing, we understand the importance of having reliable, flexible transportation to explore all that Alaska has to offer. That’s why we’ve put together…

Millers Landing Seaside and Beach Cabins: Alaska’s Best Kept Secret

Millers Landing Seaside and Beach Cabins: Alaska’s Best Kept Secret Imagine a place where you can wake up to the sound of waves and the sight of rugged Alaskan wilderness stretching out before you. If you’re looking for the quintessential Alaskan adventure, you don’t have to look much further than Millers Landing’s famous seaside and…

2023 Halibut Regulations Are Here… but what does that mean for your trip?

It’s the time of year when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game renews their sport fishing regulations for the coming season, which means that we have more information to share with you to help plan your trip! This season’s halibut regulations allow each fisherman to retain a limit of two fish per day: one under 28” and one of any size. Regulations for other types of fish should not be changing, and can be viewed here (this is the 2022 regulation booklet, as the most recent update has not been officially published yet). Every year the ADFG also sets multiple closure dates on which fishermen are not allowed to retain any halibut. If you have your heart set on taking home halibut, here are the dates you will want to avoid in 2023:

8 Things I Miss about Guiding – OR – Annual Solstice Delirium

176lb halibut and Captain Chance on the bow of the Thomasea Winter is a time to reflect For me this means thinking about being on the water.  “The sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea.” -The Rime…

Taking Your Kids Fishing at Miller’s Landing

While most of the anglers who visit Miller’s Landing are adults, you are welcome to bring your children along and introduce them to fishing during your stay. Fishing is a fantastic and healthy hobby that helps people connect with the natural world, and it gives you a great way to bond with your youngsters while enjoying some of the best scenery on earth. But you can’t just hand your child a rod, point them at the water and expect them to be successful. In fact, you’ll want to help introduce them to the sport so that they can catch a few fish and enjoy themselves – otherwise, they’re likely to find fishing boring and dread future trips. This isn’t exceptionally difficult to do, just follow the tips and tricks listed below: 1. Consider one of our shore-fishing packages when fishing…

“Alaska is too expensive” OR “Lies you can stop telling yourself”

?Alaska is too expensive? ?Someday, when we can afford it, well go to Alaska? ?I?ve always wanted to go to Alaska, but I hear its really pricey? These are a few of the things I hear when talking to people about what I do for a living. It irks me, because it?s not true. It’s…

How to make food using tiny bits of Alaska – Smoked Salmon Dip

After a successful Fishing Charter – Smoked Salmon Dip A lot of people hoard their smoked salmon, it is precious stuff after all! But unless you’ve got a ton of it, it’s hard to justify putting out at a party or gathering. It gets gobbled up super fast (usually by the person serving it), and…

Halibut, Pheromones, and COSTCO – OR – Fast Fresh Fish for Families

How to turn Wild Alaskan Halibut into food, using COSTCO If your go out on a Millers Landing fishing charter, odds are you have a lot of fish. If you have a lot of fish, you’re probably going to attract a good looking person to share it with. If you attract a good looking partner,…

Living The Dream – OR – A Day Operating an Alaskan Summer Camp

100 Days of Fishing, Kayaking, Camping, Water Taxis & More Doesn’t sound so tough, does it? Enter a day in the life of Elijah, Miller’s Landing’s Operations Manager. Your alarm goes off at 5AM. It might as well be noon, it hasn’t been dark at night for a month.      Hopefully you got a…