Triangle Lake in Anchorage Municipality: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Triangle Lake lies in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska. It lies 295 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 4 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Anchorage Municipality list. The nearest town is Anchorage, 4.7 miles away. Anchorage sits 5 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Triangle Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Anchorage Municipality records list pink salmon, Chinook salmon, Dolly Varden and sockeye salmon among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Triangle Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 15°F to 58°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Triangle Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. There is somewhere to leave the car, 110 yards off. Toilets are half a mile away, which matters on a long session. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Fish Lake at 0.2 miles is the nearest alternative. The position on Triangle Lake is worth confirming on the day.