Fishing in Turnagain Arm
Fishing in the Turnagain Arm and
nearby Rivers.
There are numerous opportunities
for fishing in the Turnagain Arm area, including area rivers and creeks.
Twentymile and Placer rivers, and Portage, Glacier, and Ingram creeks
are great areas to target all types of Salmon except kings. King Salmon
fishing is closed year-round in this area.
The rivers and creeks can be
accessed by boats, or via bridges off the Seward Highway. Salmon are
tide sensitive in these rivers and creeks, with the best fishing
starting 90-120 minutes before high tides.
Silver Salmon fishing in area
Rivers and Creeks:
Some of the best fishing in this
area is for Wild Silver Salmon in the Twentymile and Placer rivers, as
well as Portage Creek. These runs start in late July or early August,
and peak in late August or early September.
Sockeye Salmon fishing in Sixmile
Creek:
Sixmile Creek is located on
Elmendorf Air Force Base, and land access is restricted to members of
the military and their guests. The creek itself is mostly closed to
fishing, although an area near the mouth of the creek is open for Salmon
Fishing. The area open to sport fishing for salmon is
the salt waters that are seaward of a steel cable stretched across
the creek mouth. A large run of Sockeye or Red Salmon return to the
mouth of Sixmile Creek from mid-July through mid-August, with peak
occurring mid- to late July.
Popular lures include Coho and
streamer flies and small spinners.
Hooligan or Smelt Dipnetting in
Anchorage:
Eulachon or Hooligan are a type
of smelt, or candle fish. They return each spring to many area streams
and the Twentymile River. There is no bag or possession limit for smelt.
However, this is a “personal use” fishery, open only to Alaska
Residents.
Alaskans can use small-mesh, long-handled nets near the mouths of Twentymile and Placer rivers from late April through late May to catch as many Hooligan as they would like. Hooligan, like Salmon, are tide sensitive, and are most easily harvested at high tides.
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,
Eagle River,
Campbell Creek,
Bird Creek,
Anchorage Stocked Lakes,
Turnagain Arm and Rivers.
Alaska fishing information on the Kenai
Peninsula:
Kenai,
Nikiski, Soldotna, Homer, Seldovia, Ninilchik, Anchor Point,
Kasilof, Sterling, Seward.