Quartz Creek
Cooper Landing
Today
Getting there
- Access
- Mile 45 of the Sterling Highway.
- Drive from Anchorage
- 1h43 to Cooper Landing
- Drive from Fairbanks
- Full day, 8h17 to Cooper Landing
- Water
- River
- Best time
- June 11 - Sept. 14: all species besides salmon; Nov. -April: all species besides salmon; June 11 - April: downstream of the Sterling Hwy bridge, all species besides salmon.
- Fish
- Rainbow trout, Dolly Varden
- Regulations
- ADF&G regulations
Part of Eastern Kenai.
What it is like
Known for large rainbow trout and Dolly Varden. It is a Kenai River spawning tributary, so it stays closed to all salmon fishing.