Fishing Lloyds Pond in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

• Overview

  Lloyds Pond is a Matanuska-Susitna Borough water, Alaska side. The surface lies 190 feet up. At roughly 10 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Matanuska-Susitna Borough are larger. You are 1.4 miles from Big Lake. Houston is 8.5 miles and Knik-Fairview 13 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lloyds Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name rainbow trout, Coho salmon, sockeye salmon, longnose sucker and Arctic charr. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Lloyds Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 59°F for July and 10°F for January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Expect Lloyds Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Mirror Lake sits 0.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Lloyds Pond as something to verify.