Bakewell Lake, Alaska: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Alaska holds Bakewell Lake, in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. This is rolling hill ground. This is sizeable water at about 678 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. There is roughly 9.8 miles of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. It is among the larger waters listed here for Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Metlakatla lies 36 miles from the water. Then Ketchikan, 38 miles, and Prince Rupert, 67 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Bakewell Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Ketchikan Gateway Borough names pink salmon, Chum salmon, Chinook salmon, Coho salmon and sockeye salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Bakewell Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 56°F at the top of summer and 29°F at the bottom of winter. The swings are modest, so patterns change slowly. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Time your trip to Bakewell Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Quadra Lakes is 4.4 miles distant. None of that is settled for Bakewell Lake in what we hold.