Area Sport Fishing Reports
Mat-Su

Archived Sport Fishing Report

October 21, 2013

Fall Fishing Report
Issued September 4, 2013

Emergency Orders and regulation reminders

• Only catch and release fishing for rainbow trout and grayling is allowed year-round on Montana Creek. On Willow Creek, rainbow trout are catch-and-release only downstream of the Parks Highway.
• Keep in mind that single-hook, no bait restrictions are in place for many of the flowing waters.

Fresh waters
Trout, Dolly Varden, Grayling

• Rainbow trout fishing should be good to excellent well into freeze up. When waters do drop, target trout in deeper holes and near and below the mouths of streams draining into the Susitna. Try large flesh flies and sculpin patterns.

Northern Pike

• Pike fishing success will continue to improve until freeze up.
• For road-accessible pike fishing, try Nancy, South Rolly, Tanaina, and Memory lakes.
• For fly-in pike fishing, it's hard to beat Alexander and Trapper lakes.
• Pike are also to be found in Sucker, Donkey and Eightmile lakes.
• For river fishing, try the sloughs of the Yentna and Susitna rivers.

Lake Fishing

• With the cooler temperatures of fall approaching, Mat-Su Valley lakes provide excellent fishing as fish become much more active, and feed in shallower water.
• In the Palmer/Wasilla area, Lorraine, Carpenter, Knik, Lucille, Kepler, Rocky, and Echo lakes are stocked with rainbow trout.
• Lakes stocked with landlocked salmon are Matanuska, Finger, Beverly, Loberg and Klaire.
• Arctic char are stocked in Benka, Finger, Irene, Long, Lynne, Marion, Matanuska, Prator, and Seventeenmile lakes.
• Along the Glenn Highway northeast of Palmer, Lower Bonnie, Seventeenmile, Slipper, Long, Ravine, Weiner, Knob and North Knob lakes all have rainbow trout.
• If it's Arctic grayling you're looking for, try Bruce, Canoe, Reed, Finger, Florence, Knik, Meirs, Lorraine and Kepler/Bradley lakes.