Right now is actually the best time unfortunately, another option would be late spring when the burbot spawn. This useally happens around the first week of April and is actually the best time in my opinion to be in Alaska. Lots of daylight no bugs, bears, and tourists and it can get close to 80 degrees in the sun, 20 degrees in the shade. It's -30 at the lake right now so unless you have some real good arctic gear I wouldn't advise coming up right now. If your really serious about coming up pm me and I can help you out with the details.