Area Sport Fishing Reports
Anchorage

Archived Sport Fishing Report

July 09, 2014

Anchorage Area

Week of July 8 to July 14
Issued July 8, 2013

Regulation Reminders

• Bird Creek (entire drainage) is closed to fishing January 1 – July 13.

Emergency Order Currently in Effect
• EO # 2-KS-2-34-14 closes Ship Creek, below the Chugach Power Plant Dam, to all fishing thru July 13, 2013.

Fresh waters

Salmon

• Ship Creek remains behind on kings salmon escapement, but is improving.
• Bird Creek opens to salmon fishing, salmon other than king salmon that is, on Monday July 14. Be bear aware.
• All waters in the Anchorage Management Area are closed to king salmon fishing, and it remains a bit early for the pinks, chums, and silvers to show up yet.

Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling

• Campbell Creek and Chester Creek have both been stocked with rainbows.
• Symphony Lake has produced some nice grayling catches. A seven year old fishing expert, who hiked in with his dad, told ADF&G that he had no problem catching grayling on both fly and spinning tackle. His advice is to fish by the outlet stream.

Lake Fishing

• All Anchorage Area stocked lakes have been stocked with their second round of rainbow trout. On sunny days fish the evening, and take a variety of tackle.
• Check the ADF&G web site for lakes that may have been stocked near you:
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=SportStockingHatcheriesSearch.main

Northern Pike

• Late evening hours are a good time to spear, or to 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.
• Surface lures are also a fun way to fish pike. Try frog, mouse and duckling patterns that make a lot of movement on the lake surface – both fly and spinning tackle can be used.
• Try for pike at Lower Fire Lake and Otter Lake.