Area Sport Fishing Reports
Anchorage
Archived Sport Fishing Report
January 03, 2014
Winter Fishing Report: Anchorage Area
Date: 1-1 through 1-15
Regulation Reminders
• Jan 1, 2014 marks the start of a new licensing year. Remember to buy one prior to heading out on your next adventure.
• 2013 Sport Fish regulation booklets are valid through April 15, 2014.
• Licenses can be purchased at licensing vendors or online at https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/store/
• 2013 Sport Fish regulation booklets are valid through April 15, 2014.
• Check page 4 of the Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing regulation summary booklet for legal ice fishing gear description.
• Anchorage Area regulations start on page 36.
Stocked Lakes
Fishing on stocked lakes has been good. Try Sand Lake or DeLong Lake. If you wish to target grayling in Anchorage, try fishing just off the dock behind Sand Lake Elementary in four feet of water. Remember your bag limits!
Page 10 of the regulation booklet lists all the Anchorage Area stocked lakes. Lakes stocked with land-locked salmon (LS) and Arctic char (AC) are also stocked with rainbow trout (RT) and will likely have the highest density of fish.
Link to Anchorage-area stocked lakes page: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.region&StockingAreaID=2
Anchorage-area lakes ice thickness report:
http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Documents/IceTrailsStatus.pdf
Places to Take a Kid Fishing (easily accessible locations)
Mirror Lake just north of Eagle River is a great place to take kids fishing. The lake is full of hungry chinook and rainbow trout. The most effective way to take these fish is to use a small jig tipped with cured shrimp.
Here is a link to a map of Mirror Lake: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=332
Un-stocked Lakes
The adventurous type my want to ski into Rabbit Lake and try their hand at ice fishing for rainbow trout. This lake is stocked only once every three years. It was last stocked in 2012 with about 1,000 catchable sized fish.
Hot Spot
For a shot at northern pike, try Lower Fire Lake in Eagle River.
Fish Facts
Northern pike tend to be quite dormant during the month of January, and will not venture as far in order to feed. To target this fish more successfully in the cold months, think: drill, drill, drill. Even if you punch holes 20-30 feet from your original spot of choice, you almost have to present your bait or lure directly in front of them to get their attention.