Leduc Lake Fishing in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

• Overview

  The Ketchikan Gateway Borough end of Alaska holds Leduc Lake. The ground round it is pine and birch. This is sizeable water at about 648 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. The outline measures near 5.9 miles, so local knowledge counts. Size puts it in the front rank of our Ketchikan Gateway Borough list. Ketchikan is the closest place, 50 miles off. Vancouver sits 564 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Leduc Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Ketchikan Gateway Borough records list pink salmon, Chum salmon, Chinook salmon and Coho salmon among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Leduc Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 53°F for August and 23°F for January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Leduc Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Heart Lake at 5.3 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Leduc Lake may have changed since it was mapped.