Kivi Lake, Alaska: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Kivi Lake in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. It lies 197 feet above sea level. Surface area is around 36 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The whole outline is near 1.2 miles, and most of it is walkable. On size it sits at the modest end of our Kenai Peninsula Borough list. Nikiski is the closest place, 2.9 miles off. The nearest city of size is Anchorage, 57 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Kivi Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Kenai Peninsula Borough cover northern pike, sockeye salmon, rainbow trout, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Kivi Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 57°F and January near 14°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Kivi Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Wik Lake is 0.6 miles distant. Treat access at Kivi Lake as something to verify.