North Kolomin Lake in Kenai Peninsula Borough: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find North Kolomin Lake in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Height above sea level is 745 feet. The water covers some 51 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 1.4 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. For a base, Cohoe sits 18 miles out. Kalifornsky follows at 21 miles, then Soldotna at 24 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on North Kolomin Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Kenai Peninsula Borough include northern pike, sockeye salmon, rainbow trout and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On North Kolomin Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 16°F to 54°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It sets the rhythm of the year at North Kolomin Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Kolomin Lake is 1.1 miles off. Ask locally about North Kolomin Lake if anything is unclear.