Fishing Kraenberi Lake in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

• Overview

  Kraenberi Lake belongs to Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Everything around it is rolling bush. The water covers some 57 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 2.0 miles in total. Nearest town is Anchorage, 26 miles off. Anchorage sits 25 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Kraenberi Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Kenai Peninsula Borough include northern pike, sockeye salmon, rainbow trout, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Kraenberi Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 57°F and January about 17°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about late April and return around early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Kraenberi Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Angler Lake is 0.6 miles off. Nothing on Kraenberi Lake should be assumed from this page alone.