I will be in Anchorage AK. Sept. 25 & 26 on business. I am wondering what kind of fishing is going on at this time and if it would be worth my time to come up on Friday the 22 and do some fishing over the weekend. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Also I am willing to trade a day fishing with anyone up north for a day fishing here in NW Washington.
Thanks,
Kerry
I’m not sure myself, but send my uncle an e-mail and ask him, he owns a charter boat in kodiak, so he should know what’s happening up there. Here is his web-site, his email is on there somewhere
www.dutchmancharters.com
I’ll be there just before you and am hitting the Kenai, than Russian (both for Big Bows) and than the Anchor and Ninilchik for Silvers…
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TroutDawg
Pretty much anywhere in AK has good fishing.
There’s always decent fishing right outside of anchorage - just follow the river out of town aways.
Kenai and Russian should be good too - crowds will be gone. The Kenai is not really a wading river - you’ll want to float.
Mike
heck yea come for the weekend no wait come for a full week even that might not be enough time. when you get here stop buy world wide angler the best fly shop in town and they will hook you up with the know how and the whats happening
Bring some flesh flys and you will be in buisness. also check out alaskyflyfish.net
We used to live there. You’ll love that area and timing. Fish are still there, some berries are still there. (Chugash Park is above Anchorage, and about a 10 minute drive. Get a berry book. You’ll enjoy it.) There are some great fishing shops, but this was our favorite. I’m glad to see they’re still around…but then again, with their helpful service, I’m not surprised. Give them a call or email, and they’ll answer all your questions.
There were a couple of fairly lengthy threads on here about fishing Alaska earlier this summer. They had plenty of good info on areas accessible by car, so use the search function to pull them up.
As others noted above, the crowds will be thinned out by then, and the fish will be fatties after gorging themselves for weeks on the carrion and eggs of kings, reds, and silvers. It is likely to start getting a little rainy about that time, so take a good breathable rainjacket.
If I were you, I’d take off the whole week. 
if you come up here set aside $300 and float the kenai. there is alot of good guides and they will show you how to catch big alaska bows/dollies. Fishing is very diffferent up here than it is down south so a guide will help you with the learning curve.
If you have a day to do the Kenai River, that can be a very productive time. The rainbows are a little late this year as the red run has been late and we think that they are in the lower river still, for the most part. That being said, the time you are coming up is usually fantastic for rainbows. If you need the name of a good guide, email me and I’ll recommend someone. I hope that is ok to do JC as I have no vested interest in them other than helping someone from outside have a good trip.
Happy Trails,
Dean
ok you know what i was thinking the kenai is a great river and all but, some of the vally streams are great to the montana or willow are awsome streams with some big bows and crystal clear waters. the big benifit to this would be there are artic grayling in the vally streams these fish are magnificent and you can only catch them wild in one state (Alaska).
Yes, Sheep Creek, Montanta, etc. up the Parks Highway, can be good at that time of year but maybe a little tough to fish if you don’t know the area. PAguy, do you know of any guides up that way? I don’t.
take care,
Dean
Definately good fishing. Kenai is really the best choice. They had huge rains (12-14" in a week) in the Susitna Valley and it took rivers out there banks, flushed all the trout to the Susitna, and floated houses and trees into the creek beds. It is an awful mess. Montana, Willow, Sheep, Kashwitna, they are wiped for the season.
The Kenai is fishing great, and everything there has been a couple of weeks late, so end of September is really going to be good (lots of salmon roe and early flesh from carcuses available). Big question is when does winter come? Everyone is saying early, so come prepared with lots of layers, gloves, etc. Most of the guides shut down by October 1, but Alaska Clearwater (Dominic is one man shop) plans on fishing right on through October. you will have to look them up on the web. Most everyone good is booked that last week of September, but you might find an opening. It is definately doable as a do-it-yourself trip. A flyfishing site I help moderate has lots of information about that, current conditions, gear, FAQ and all that stuff for visitors.
I fished the Kenai on Saturday, and did real well. Caught four rainbows between 28" and 29" and about 50 rainbows or Dolly Vardens in the 14" - 24" range. I will be floating it Friday in my cataraft, then doing some flyout fishing rest of this coming weekend.
Here is one of the big guys I got last Saturday:
Yeah, every one of those creeks and rivers totally blew out and flooded badly with the rains, and with that, I imagine, so did the eggs and flesh. 
The Kenai has stayed pretty good and the water is starting to come down a little as it is getting cooler. Nice fish flyboy. I can’t wait for the weekend.