08-05-2004, 05:01 AM
Mat-Su Area
Salmon [ul] [li]Silvers are being taken at the Eklutna Power Plant Tailrace. [li]Silver and sockeye salmon fishing is good at Jim Creek. [li]Silver salmon fishing has been good in the Little Susitna River. You will also find a few chums and sockeye. [li]Silvers and pinks can be found in the Deshka River and Alexander Creek. Alexander Creek is catch-and-release only for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden and Arctic grayling. In the Deshka River upstream of the forks at Moose and Kroto creeks, rainbow trout are catch-and-release only. [li]Pink salmon are arriving in large numbers in the Susitna River drainage this year. Look for them in the Parks Highway streams along with silvers and chums. Willow Creek is closed to salmon fishing upstream of Deception Creek and Montana Creek is closed to salmon fishing upstream of a marker ½ mile above the Parks Highway bridge. [li]Chums, sockeye and silvers are present in the Talkeetna River drainage, with the mouth of Clear Creek your best bet. [li]Yentna River sloughs and tributaries are producing lots of silvers. Lake Creek should provide excellent fishing. [li]Silver salmon fishing is good for Westside Cook Inlet streams: Theodore, Lewis, Chuit, Kustatan and freshwater tributaries of the Beluga and McArthur rivers. Once you take your limit of coho salmon in this area you must stop fishing for the day. [li]Sockeye salmon and coho are moving through the mouth of Cottonwood Creek. This is a weekend only fishery, from 6:00 am through 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday only. [li]A few sockeye and coho may also be moving through Wasilla Creek, which is open to fishing for salmon (other than king salmon) from its mouth upstream to the Alaska Railroad Bridge. This is a weekend fishery, from 6:00 am through 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday only. Motorized watercraft may not be used on Wasilla Creek on Saturday and Sundays, July 15 - August 15. [/li][/ul] Resident Fish [ul] [li]Rainbow trout and grayling fishing have been good in the Parks Highway streams; however, only catch-and-release fishing for these species is allowed year-round in Montana Creek. [li]In Willow Creek, rainbow trout may not be retained downstream of the Parks Highway bridge. [li]Check the regulations for single hook only areas on all Parks Highway streams [/li][/ul] Lake Fishing [ul] [li]Best bets for rainbows include Boot, Beverly, Canoe, Christiansen, Crystal, Farmer, Loon, Marion, Ruby, Seventeenmile, Tanaina, and South Rolly lakes. [li]Canoe, Finger, Florence, Ida, Kepler/Bradley, Knik, Lorraine, Meirs, Mile 180, Weiner and Reed lakes have Arctic grayling. [li]Benka, Echo, Irene, Lynne, Marion, Matanuska, Memory, Prator, and Seventeenmile lakes are stocked with Arctic char. [li]For a single lake with a wide variety of fish, try Finger Lake. It has rainbow trout, Arctic grayling, Arctic char and landlocked king salmon. [/li][/ul] Northern Pike [ul] [li]Pike fishing in most of the lakes is a little slow right now, due to warm water temperatures. Best pike action comes from remote lakes such as Alexander and Trapper, or the boat-only accessible sloughs of the Deshka River or Alexander Creek. [li]Pike anglers on the road system might try the lakes of the Nancy Lake canoe system, or Memory Lake.[/li][/ul]
Salmon [ul] [li]Silvers are being taken at the Eklutna Power Plant Tailrace. [li]Silver and sockeye salmon fishing is good at Jim Creek. [li]Silver salmon fishing has been good in the Little Susitna River. You will also find a few chums and sockeye. [li]Silvers and pinks can be found in the Deshka River and Alexander Creek. Alexander Creek is catch-and-release only for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden and Arctic grayling. In the Deshka River upstream of the forks at Moose and Kroto creeks, rainbow trout are catch-and-release only. [li]Pink salmon are arriving in large numbers in the Susitna River drainage this year. Look for them in the Parks Highway streams along with silvers and chums. Willow Creek is closed to salmon fishing upstream of Deception Creek and Montana Creek is closed to salmon fishing upstream of a marker ½ mile above the Parks Highway bridge. [li]Chums, sockeye and silvers are present in the Talkeetna River drainage, with the mouth of Clear Creek your best bet. [li]Yentna River sloughs and tributaries are producing lots of silvers. Lake Creek should provide excellent fishing. [li]Silver salmon fishing is good for Westside Cook Inlet streams: Theodore, Lewis, Chuit, Kustatan and freshwater tributaries of the Beluga and McArthur rivers. Once you take your limit of coho salmon in this area you must stop fishing for the day. [li]Sockeye salmon and coho are moving through the mouth of Cottonwood Creek. This is a weekend only fishery, from 6:00 am through 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday only. [li]A few sockeye and coho may also be moving through Wasilla Creek, which is open to fishing for salmon (other than king salmon) from its mouth upstream to the Alaska Railroad Bridge. This is a weekend fishery, from 6:00 am through 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday only. Motorized watercraft may not be used on Wasilla Creek on Saturday and Sundays, July 15 - August 15. [/li][/ul] Resident Fish [ul] [li]Rainbow trout and grayling fishing have been good in the Parks Highway streams; however, only catch-and-release fishing for these species is allowed year-round in Montana Creek. [li]In Willow Creek, rainbow trout may not be retained downstream of the Parks Highway bridge. [li]Check the regulations for single hook only areas on all Parks Highway streams [/li][/ul] Lake Fishing [ul] [li]Best bets for rainbows include Boot, Beverly, Canoe, Christiansen, Crystal, Farmer, Loon, Marion, Ruby, Seventeenmile, Tanaina, and South Rolly lakes. [li]Canoe, Finger, Florence, Ida, Kepler/Bradley, Knik, Lorraine, Meirs, Mile 180, Weiner and Reed lakes have Arctic grayling. [li]Benka, Echo, Irene, Lynne, Marion, Matanuska, Memory, Prator, and Seventeenmile lakes are stocked with Arctic char. [li]For a single lake with a wide variety of fish, try Finger Lake. It has rainbow trout, Arctic grayling, Arctic char and landlocked king salmon. [/li][/ul] Northern Pike [ul] [li]Pike fishing in most of the lakes is a little slow right now, due to warm water temperatures. Best pike action comes from remote lakes such as Alexander and Trapper, or the boat-only accessible sloughs of the Deshka River or Alexander Creek. [li]Pike anglers on the road system might try the lakes of the Nancy Lake canoe system, or Memory Lake.[/li][/ul]