Has anyone here paddled in this park or have any intel on it? With the border potentially closed for another summer, I've been looking into options in Alaska, and this jumped out.

I'm particularly interested in options that would allow a flyout to the lakes in the park and paddling either river back to Dillingham. Trip reports from the park are sparse, however.

I almost pulled the pin on going there one time when I lived in AK, but was concerned about soloing on the big lakes. I've been to Dillingham a couple of times but was on official business and they would not let us take a Government rig to the visitor center. I met the LEO for the park (She is also the float plane pilot for the AK, DNR) at an event I worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I worked with her brother a lot.
If you search, there are a few outfitters that will fly you in there on float plane and you can paddle or float/raft back on the lakes or rivers to Dillingham. It is known by local Alaskans as a real gem.

Map of Wood Tik Chik State Park.

Thanks Lindentree. I was curious if floating all the way back to Dillingham on either river is something people actually do. It would cut the cost down quite a bit by not having to have an egress flight.

If you have any interest in going in 2021, let me know. In the early stages of planning now.

Log onto this site, become a member and ask questions in the canoeing part of the forum. Its kinda like BWCA.com but way busier/browser wise and harder to navigate.

There is alot of information out there on Wood Tikchik SP if you search for it on the web. I am pretty sure you can float the Tikchik and Nuyakuk rivers all the way back to Dillingham or if you float/paddle the lakes starting from Kulik Lake they end up at a road/boat launch at Aleknagik Lake, then it is a 20 mile drive back to Dillingham so getting out is not hard, getting in is the tougher part.

Edit, Late May or June is one of the better times to visit AK, less tourists and it is typically drier. That area can be pretty wet if I remember correctly due to its location to the ocean and the mountain range it is in. I remember calling one of the outfitters and they are pretty busy flying in fisherman after June, one did not seem all that interested in flying me into the lakes after June.
I will give it some thought in 2021, thanks for the invite.

Alaska outdoors forum

One entry at least in the Outdoors forum on Wood Tikchik

I've made two one-week trips into Wood-Tikchik for late-season fly fishing for rainbow trout and arctic char. These are big lakes connected by short rivers and most of the traffic are either fly out day trips or motorized skiffs from established camps. There are some people who paddle these lakes in sea kayaks but there is a lot of open water that gets nasty real quick. The best fishing, if you're looking for adventure and fishing in this park, are the rivers between the lakes and the mouths of streams coming into the lakes. If you're looking for a canoe trip on lakes in Alaska I would suggest that you consider the Swan Lake Canoe Trails or the Swanson River Canoe Trails on the Kenai Peninsula, which offer good paddling experience. If you are looking for a wilderness trip in Alaska your best bet is a river float, best done with a raft. There are a number of potential floats that can run from a couple days in length to a week or two. They require a short air taxi flight but depending on the river the cost is not out of reach and many air taxi services will outfit you with raft and other equipment. Your best fishing in Alaska tends to be on river systems because so many fisheries rely on the salmon migration, either for the salmon themselves or the trout and char that gorge on salmon eggs.