Fishing at Blodgett Lake, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

• Overview

  The Matanuska-Susitna Borough entry here is Blodgett Lake, in Alaska. The sea is 6.2 miles distant. At about 72 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.8 miles in total. Some 4.1 miles away sits Meadow Lakes, the nearest settlement. It is 26 miles to Anchorage, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Blodgett Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Matanuska-Susitna Borough include rainbow trout, Coho salmon, sockeye salmon, longnose sucker and Arctic charr. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Blodgett Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 58°F for July and 12°F for January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Blodgett Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lilly Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Blodgett Lake in what we hold.