Area Sport Fishing Reports
Anchorage

Archived Sport Fishing Report

May 14, 2014

Anchorage Area

Week of May 13 to May 19
Issued May 13, 2014

Regulation Reminders

• Ship Creek is closed to fishing from the Chugach Power Plant Dam upstream to Reeves Boulevard April 15 – June 14.
• Campbell Creek (entire drainage) is closed to fishing April 15 – June 14.
• Chester Creek (entire drainage) is closed to fishing April 15 – June 14.
• Bird Creek (entire drainage) is closed to fishing January 1 – July 13.
• Symphony Lake is closed to fishing May 1 – June 30.

Fresh waters

Salmon

• Ship Creek is the only stream in the Anchorage area currently open to king salmon fishing.
• Rumors are floating around that someone caught an 8 pound king in Ship Creek this past weekend. This is just a rumor. If you are successful and would like to report a catch on Ship Creek please contact the Sport Fish Information Center at 267-2218.
• All other waters in the Anchorage Management Area are closed to king salmon fishing.

Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling

• All of Campbell Creek, Chester Creek, and portions of Ship Creek are currently closed to fishing to protect spawning rainbow trout.

Lake Fishing

• Campbell Point Lake, Delong Lake, Jewel Lake and Sand Lake have all been stocked with some very nice sized rainbow trout. The stocking truck will be busy this next week or so stocking as many area lakes as they can.

Northern Pike

• Late evening hours are a good time to spear or shoot pike with bow and arrow. A reminder, if you are bow-hunting for pike, the arrow has to be attached to a string and the string to your bow. Try Lower Fire Lake and Otter Lake on JBER for pike.

Salt waters

Hooligan

• Dipnetting seasons for hooligan (or “smelt”) in Southcentral Alaska opened on April 1.
• This is a personal-use fishery and only Alaska residents can participate. No permit is required, but you do need an Alaska resident fishing license or ADF&G Permanent ID card with you while dipnetting.
• The hooligans have arrived at the head of Turnagain Arm. The dipping is slow and is expected to improve throughout this week. Fish the flood tides. These oily little fish are getting a free ride up Turnagain Arm with the tide.
• Open season for hooligan in salt waters is April 1–May 31; in fresh waters, it is April 1–June 15. There is no bag or possession limit for personal use smelt, and no permit is required. Hooligan may be taken by dip net in any fresh or salt water.
• For your safety, and for the safety of others, please park well off the highway. Do not trespass on the railroad tracks or the railroad right-of-way. Please be respectful and take all your trash with you, don’t throw it on the ground. Please do not trash the dipnetting site.
• For more information on hooligan dipnetting and hooligan dipnetting regulations, see Page 13 of the 2013 Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations summary booklets.