One on One Tour - Saltery Off Road Fishing
This excursion expands upon our most popular off-road Saltery Cove adventure, offering an enhanced and deeply personalized fishing experience. Designed for anglers who crave both adventure and exclusivity, this trip provides the perfect blend of expert guidance, top-tier fishing opportunities, and a fully equipped mode of transportation to access some of the most remote and productive waters in the region.
From the moment your journey begins, you’ll be accompanied by a seasoned guide with extensive local knowledge, ensuring that every aspect of your trip is tailored to your skill level and fishing goals. Whether you’re a seasoned pro looking to refine your techniques or a first-time angler eager to learn, we provide customized instruction and insights to maximize your chances of success.
One of the standout features of this excursion is the opportunity to access prime fishing hotspots that are often overlooked by larger groups. With a focus on a more secluded and intimate experience, you’ll have the advantage of fishing in quieter, less pressured waters, increasing your chances of landing trophy-sized catches. We target multiple species throughout the trip, allowing you to experience a diverse and rewarding day on the water.


In addition to the world-class fishing, this excursion is designed with flexibility in mind. Unlike rigidly scheduled group trips, this adventure allows you to choose from a variety of takeoff times, trip lengths, and personalized itineraries. Whether you prefer an early-morning departure to catch the sunrise over the water or a more leisurely afternoon start, we cater to your preferences to create the ideal fishing experience.
What truly sets this trip apart is the level of one-on-one guidance you’ll receive. Your expert guide will not only assist with technique and strategy but also share valuable knowledge about the area’s unique ecosystem, local fish behavior, and conservation efforts. This immersive approach ensures that your experience is not only successful but also educational and enriching.
For those seeking the ultimate solo fishing adventure, this trip provides access to some of the most hidden and pristine angling locations.
With an incredibly high return rate among solo sport fishermen, it has consistently proven to be one of the most successful and rewarding experiences we offer.
Whether you’re chasing the thrill of the catch, refining your skills, or simply immersing yourself in the beauty of Alaska’s wilderness, this exclusive guided trip promises an unforgettable fishing adventure.
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There are many benefits to this trip. We work with your timeline and are able to have flexible hours. We target multiple species throughout the day. We are able to fish harder to access holes that we cannot bring parties or groups. It opens up a lot more fishing opportunities. The trip is custom tailored to your needs.
This is a full day fishing trip and approximately 8 hours.
We provide fishing waders or hip boots, rods, reels, tackle, bait, fish coolers, dry storage, lunch, water, and all necessary provisions to have a successful trip.
Fishing license, medication if needed, quality rain coat, camera with water proof case, polarized sunglasses, hat, bug repellant, bug head net, sun screen, extra socks, light weight gloves, small pack for your gear, and layering for the temps.
Our UTV’s are outfitted with all the necessary provisions to get you safely in and out of the field. Winch, recovery straps, spare tire, plug kits, tools, first aid kits, portable toilet seat, toiletry kits, lunch cooler, fish cooler, dry storage, communication equipment, and emergency response devices.
We run Honda Pioneer 1000/6 UTV’s. Our UTV’s are well maintained and kept in immaculate shape. After operating all the different manufacturers of UTV’s we have found the Honda to be the most reliable.
We have multiple UTV’s that operate at different times. If we do experience issues with one of our UTV’s, we have a backup.
No, due to our insurance restrictions all clients will ride as passengers. Only our experienced guides are authorized to operate our UTV/ATV’s.
Bear sightings and encounters are covered in detail during the safety brief.
On board each UTV is designated portable toilet, shovel, and toiletry kit. Let your guide know that you need a bathroom break and they will assist you finding an appropriate location. We highly encourage everyone to go pee before putting on their waders at the beginning of the trip.
Yes, let your guide know or ask before take off and we can customize the trip to your needs.
The limit for each species is variable and can change with emergency order by ADFG at any moment. Typically, the limit for our river systems that we operate on, for one person’s bag limit per day is: 2 silver salmon, 5 red salmon, 5 pink salmon, and 10 Dollie Varden. All trout and steelhead will be catch and release. Only 2 king salmon per year (rivers only). Limits can be increased and decreased at the discretion of ADFG. Limits are closely monitored by our guides.
A short 20-minute drive south of town is the American river parking lot and you will find our staging area. There we keep all our equipment and UTV’s. The staging area is where we meet our clients and start/end our trips. Enjoy our dry and clean space to don your waders out of the rain and mud.
Yes, and we encourage that. Some amazing fishing is done in the late afternoon and evening.
Possibly, many solo trips do go a little bit longer. It does come down to our scheduling and the guide’s personal time. Lucky for you our guides love to fish on their personal time.
Yes of course. The trip price will then reflect a multiple party booking.
EXCELLENT Based on 48 reviews Wes2024-10-16Verified Kodiak Adventures Travis is normally closed by October but after inquiring about a tour, he gladly took us out for a great day of sightseeing and fall fishing. We saw seals, eagles, deer, wild horses, and got a glimpse of a bear. We also stopped at a few fishing spots and caught some late run salmon. Travis was a great guide with plenty of knowledge about Kodiak. Highly recommend you schedule your adventures with Head Shakers Kodiak Dennis C2024-09-05Verified Best guides in Kodiak Do not go salmon fishing on Kodiak if you aren’t with Headshakers. Travis and Jack actually guide you and not just throw you in the water and hope you know how to fish. They know where the fish are, do a good job of making sure other groups do not try to move in on your spot and actually teach you about the fish, how to catch them, what to do in order to not spook them and they will also clean them to make it easier for travel. Both days I got my limit within an hour. I have seen other groups with guides and they look like a bunch of fifth graders at recess. Don’t make a mistake by not booking with Headshakers. This was my second season with them and I’ll be near next year. Kohl S2024-09-01Verified Great river fishing Travis is a great guide and fisherman! He got us on Silvers and made the two days amazing even when the weather was tough on day one. First time fly fishing and he and Jack his assistant made it great! Thanks Josh A2024-09-01Verified Best river fishing experience! Outstanding operation! Everything went smooth from getting geared up, the ride out to the fish. Travis and Jack seemed to be right there when you have a fish on or if you needed help. With six in my group these to kept us spread out and on fish. They answered questions and shared a lot of knowledge about the fish and the area. Definitely worth going with, I know I will next time I get a chance. Many more pictures could have been used but they took pictures with all the fish we wanted! Caleb H2024-09-01Verified Travis is a class act Travis put together two amazing days of fishing for a group of 6 of us. He was incredibly attentive and knowledgeable. His professionalism and attitude was a breath of fresh air. Definitely would recommend him to anyone looking for a top tier river guide on Kodiak Island. arpdtg19602024-08-16Verified Saltery experience Far exceeded expectations. Kicked off with breathtaking views of the northern lights at a 3am call out by middle bay at the staging area. Then a thrilling 90 minute UTV ride twisting and turning our way thru the brush and water holes on the trail to saltery cove. At sunrise we encountered a bear - he wanted what was on our stringer, but Jack held him off. I’ve never held a fly rod in my hand before. Jack was so patient and positive!! Started off slow, but ended limiting out on sockeye before noon. Went to the estuary of Ugak bay, seen the wild horses with a spring foal, many eagles, and for last good measure, another bear right on the trail as we headed back to the staging area. Thank you, and bless you for an adventure I will never forget. Kathryn C2024-08-15Verified If you want to get to where the salmon are and have an amazing time book with Head Shaker! Amazing trip- our guides were incredibly patient with us and gave us many tips and made sure we all knew the rules and what to expect - we were outfitted with quality gear and the 5 in my group caught our limit but more importantly had a fantastic day! Both guides were professional, fun and informative -I learned a ton about salmon fishing and would highly recommend them Scenic524021251022024-08-13Verified Third Straight Season Fishing with Travis My brother and I have just finished our third straight season fishing with Travis.He is an unbelievable guide and coach. We have been fishing for decades and always learn a great deal from Travis every trip.He is exremely knowledgeable, professional and friendly.His knowledge of strategies and tactics is unsurpassed and he always has found new locations to fish.We travel all the way from Maryland to fish with Travis so you know it must be an over the top experience.C. GlasgowPotomac, MD Mark M2024-08-07Verified Fishing trip to Saltery Travis is very professional and knows where the fish are. He is willing to leave early in order to get to the fishing hole before anyone else is there. He has reliable equipment and you feel safe at all times. I have taken several trips to Saltery over the years and Head Shakers is by far the best experience I have had. Dan E2024-07-29Verified Do this fishing/sightseeing trip. Travis was worried about how our fishing experience would go on a weekend as the fishing area gets busy with locals during the sockeye salmon run. We bit the bullet and started our trip at 3am (2:50 actually as we were ready to go early and this extra 10 mins was the difference between having the entire fishing beach and just a part of it). I cannot stress how seriously worth it this decision was. We were the first people to an absolutely perfect fishing hole where all the sockeyes were grouped up together waiting to go upstream. Literally like fish in a barrel. All 3 in our party caught our 10 fish limit and had an amazing time with Jack, our guide, who worked tirelessly to keep our gear functional so we could have our rods out fishing non-stop the entire time. We even had a beaver swim right by our feet while we were fishing. I had mentioned to Travis that we wanted to “sightsee” as well as fish which he said he would do his best to accommodate but most importantly we wanted to see a Kodiak brown bear. By 10:30am we had caught our limit and Jack took us to the weir upstream where we saw a Momma bear and her 2 cubs fishing for salmon. Absolutely fantastic day and we couldn’t be happier. We were back in town by 1:30pm with the fish prepped for packaging, all thanks to Travis making us start so early. This trip is not cheap but I cannot stress just how seriously it was totally worth every penny. We did get checked for fishing licenses by state troopers on the way home and we are pretty sure fish&game was out by our area watching us as well so don’t try to skirt any rules and hopefully you’ll have as good of an experience as we did.Showing our latest reviews