Steamboat Pilot & Today

A High Adventures Air Charters pilot takes aim at his lake landing strip Tuesday in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A fishing boat flies across Alaska's Big River Lake on Tuesday. High Adventure Charters is one of several outfitters to offer fly-in fishing and bear viewing trips to the secluded lake. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Crevices stretch across a glacier in Alaska. A low-altitude flyover of the glacier was part of the turn trip on a High Adventure Air Charters fly-in fishing trip to Big River Lake. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Larry Reichenberger, Eric Reichenberger, Susie Reichenberger and Joel Reichenberger show off a portion of the salmon caught in an afternoon at Big River Lake in Alaska. Courtesy

Ben Stimmel guides a fishing trip on Big River Lake on Tuesday in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Fishing on Alaska's Big River Lake was good Tuesday, yielding several dozen silver salmon to a handful of boats of fishermen and women. Larry Reichenberger/courtesy

A bear gets up close and personal Tuesday at Big River Lake in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A plane awaits on the banks of Big River Lake in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Texan Bryce Zimmerman, center, hauls in a silver salmon Tuesday at Big River Lake in Alaska. Photo by Joel Reichenberger