Eagle River Fishing
Fishing in Eagle River Alaska
Eagle River offers a small run of King Salmon, Silver Salmon, and
Dolly Varden Char. The season for King Salmon fishing in Eagle river is
usually only a few days long, spread over a few long weekends. The legal
opening for
King Salmon Fishing is typically four consecutive three-day-weekends
(Saturday, Sunday, Monday) beginning on Memorial Day weekend. The river
is usually closed for the rest of the year for kings.
The area open for king salmon fishing is from Bailey Bridge on the
Fort Richardson Army Base, upstream to markers located in the Chugach
State Park Eagle River campground, near milepost 12 of the Glenn Highway
Small runs of Silver Salmon and other fish also occur in this river.
Bag limits and regulation vary and can change regularly, so before
fishing this area it is important to consult the most up to date fishing
regulations available.
Salmon in this river are often caught on lures including Spin-n-Glos,
Mepps, Vibrax, and Pixees. If permitted by current regulations Salmon
Roe can also be a very productive bait.
Visiting other towns in the
Kenai Peninsula and
Southcentral Alaska? Here are more places to look for Alaska fishing
information for the Anchorage Area:
Anchorage,
Ship
Creek,
Campbell Creek,
Bird Creek,
Anchorage Stocked Lakes,
Turnagain Arm and Rivers.
Fishing on the Kenai
Peninsula:
Kenai,
Nikiski, Soldotna, Homer, Seldovia, Ninilchik, Anchor Point,
Kasilof, Sterling, Seward.