Fall / Winter 2025 Alaska Fishing Reports

Ice Fishing Trips  — Late November Often Provides Adequate Ice Cover on Mat-Su Lakes                                                                                     We like to have a solid 6inches of ice before starting to guide ice fishing trips, and we can often have solid ice by late November.     Our 4 hour ice fishing trips targets rainbow trout, Arctic char, and or landlocked salmon in the Palmer -Wasilla core area lakes located about a 45 minute to one hour drive north of Anchorage.  Most of these fish run about 8 – 15 inches in length with occasional fish over 20 inches.    Guest are allowed to harvest up to a 10 fish limit of these fish, however, many of our guest choose to enjoy a catch and release outing.     Our trips are guiding on the open ice, so we can easily move from spot to spot around a lake, without moving a tent r shelter.   We provide all the necessary ice fishing gear and instuction.     Warm boots, hats, jackets, and mittens are suggested items for guest to bring.   An Alaska fishing license is required.   

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Monday November 17, 2025 — We had another snowfall last night.   We’ve had a couple weeks of temperatures below freezing temperatures, and it appears we may be on schedule to get out on the ice possibly by the weekend before Thanksgiving (November 23 and 24).