Deep Creek beach (Ninilchik)
Ninilchik
The Deep Creek beach lets shore anglers surf-cast for halibut and intercept salmon off the creek mouth.
- Access
- Deep Creek State Recreation Area beach at the creek mouth, Mile 137 Sterling Highway.
- Water
- Saltwater
- Best time
- May-Sep
- Fish
- Halibut, Chinook (king), Pink (humpy), Coho (silver), Dolly Varden
- How to fish it
- Bank, Spin, Bait
- Crowds
- Moderate
- Regulations
- Lower Cook Inlet
- Local rules
- Better known for its tractor-launched halibut boats, the gravel is also surf-castable. Kings in the nearshore late May to Jun (when open), pinks and silvers off the creek mouth late summer. Big-tide dependent.
Part of Homer Area.