Anna Lake, Alaska: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Anna Lake is one of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough listings for Alaska. It sits at 118 feet above sea level. With some 110 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. For supplies, Big Lake is 3.7 miles out. The nearest city of size is Anchorage, 17 miles away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Anna Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Matanuska-Susitna Borough records list rainbow trout, Coho salmon, sockeye salmon and longnose sucker among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Anna Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 58°F for July and 12°F for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It holds true on Anna Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Loonsong Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Where Anna Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.