Fishing Lake Spenard in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

• Overview

  Lake Spenard is an Anchorage Municipality water, in Alaska. The shore lies 1.6 miles out. At about 78 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. It ranks high for size among our Anchorage Municipality listings. Nearest town is Anchorage, 3.1 miles off. It is 3.1 miles to Anchorage, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lake Spenard

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Anchorage Municipality list pink salmon, Chinook salmon, Dolly Varden, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lake Spenard the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 59°F and January reads 15°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It holds true on Lake Spenard more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is a car park half a mile from the bank. Mapping shows a jetty some half a mile off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Hood Lake at 0.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat Lake Spenard as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.