I am going to be driving to Seward, AK from Anchoridge, AK along this famous highway and would like any tips on good spots, what fish to expect, lines, flies, and any other info that some other addicted fly fisher has to fooer. I will probably not have all day to fish but a few hours in each spot considering I will have my family with me , any info will be greatly appreciated. Andrew
Keni River at your service!!! Salmon! Kings, Silvers, Chum, Sockie and pinks As for where to fish look for the people! LOL
Also great Rain Bow fishing.
Have Fun
Rich
After you leave the ocean (turnagain arm?) and start up the mountains towards Seward you will find two lakes on the left side of the road. They are no of great size, but are right along the road. I used to catch a lot of Dolly Varden out of them. The fish were small, but numerous. I don’t remember the names of the lakes, but Summit sticks in my mind. Sorry I can’t be more specific, but the last time I fished them was 33 years ago. If you reach the Kenai cutoff, you have went too far.
Tim Anderson
drewfly,
Did you mention what time of year you would be driving the Seward Highway? If it’s within the next month, you’ll have a number of different options. Here’s just a few starting from Anchorage.
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Bird Creek - silver salmon (run peaks in early August), chum salmon (run is peaking now or within the week), pink salmon (run is peaking now), dolly varden (will be present through most of the late summer/fall)
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Glacier Creek/California Creek confluence (located in Girdwood) - silver salmon, pink salmon, dolly varden
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Ingram Creek (sp? - located at the entrance to the Kenai Peninnsula) - pink salmon, dolly varden
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as Panman suggested Lower Summit Lake (unmarked) and Summit Lake (home of Summit Lake Lodge) - Lower Summit Lake which is the first lake that you’ll hit is easily accessible at its outlet and is a great place to take kids fishing for small goldenfin (dolly varden)
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Quartz Creek (requires a short 10 mile detour on the Sterling Highway) - Dolly Varden, rainbows, occassional grayling - if you’re not adverse to fishing egg patterns this is a great spot to catch dollies that will be tailing a huge number of spawning sockeye which are a sight to see by themselves
6)Ptarmigan Creek (back on the Seward Highway) - dolly varden (very similar to Quartz Creek with smaller dollies - at least that’s been my experience)
- Lowell Point (saltwater) - Once you reach Seward you’ll also have the option of surf casting for pinks and silvers from a beach north of town.
BTW - when you arrive in Anchorage you may want to pick up a copy of the Highway Angler which gives a detailed description of virtually every road accessible fishing opportunity in the state. The guys in any of the fly shops are also very helpful (try World Wide Anglers, Mountain View Sports, Sportsman Warehouse, etc).
Hope this helps. Good luck.
tt
Just got back from the Seward Highway fishing the Kenai and Quartz Creek. The fishing is fantastic right now on Quartz Creek and as long as the water levels stay down, will continue to get better over the next few weeks. The red salmon are in the creek and the dolly varden and rainbows are in there too. The Kenai River from Cooper Landing down to Jim’s Landing is not fishing very well right now but the second run of reds is just starting and the trout fishing will pick up with the reds arriving. The lower Kenai from the dunes down to Bing’s Landing is fishing very well right now with lots of nice rainbows and some dollies too. Email me for more particulars on spots and stuff to use.
Happy Trails,
Dean
Alaska Dean,
Yeah you, me and 2/3 of the rest of the state must have been fishing either on the Seward or Sterling Highways this past weekend. Unbelievable to see 50 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic in Alaska. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, regardless of the season, the Anchorage Bowl is home to some of the worst drivers on the face of the planet. Word to the wise, drewfly, try to avoid being on the road as the thundering herd departs from Anchorage on Friday or returns on Sunday evening.
Regards,
tt