Ship Creek (downtown Anchorage)
Anchorage
Catch a king salmon within sight of downtown. Mud like wet cement at low tide, mind the flats.
- Access
- Bank access below the dam off Whitney Road, with a viewing platform and downtown parking.
- Water
- Stream
- Best time
- Jun-Sep
- Fish
- Chinook (king), Coho (silver)
- How to fish it
- Bank, Spin, Fly
- Gear rules
- Hatchery-supported urban fishery. Bait and hook rules change between the king and silver runs.
- Crowds
- High
- Regulations
- Ship Creek (Anchorage)
- Local rules
- Time it to the tide, the fishing hole fills on the incoming. Glacial mud flats are dangerous at low water.
Part of Anchorage Bowl.