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WATER BLM OFFICE LOCATION AC AG Bu DV LT NP RT K S CO P CH SF NOTES Fishing Dalton Highway (listed south to north) River Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 56 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y turbidity limits fishing in main stream; try tributaries and slough; can Chart boat from bridge to mouth Ray River Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 70 Y Y Y Y More than 130,000 miles of streams cross Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 106 Y Y occasional burbot and white fish; access on SE side of bridge lands administered by the Bureau of Land Fish Creek Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 114 Y also has whitefish Management in . The adjacent matrix Bonanza Creek, South Fork Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 124.7 Y access on southeast side of bridge; some burbot, pike & whitefish is a partial list of some of the better or more Bonanza Creek, North Fork Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 125.7 Y occasional burbot, pike & whitefish accessible fishing waters. Prospect Creek Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 135 Y whitefish, occasional pike; undeveloped campsite at Mile 135.7 Jim River Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 135.7-144 Y whitefish, occasional pike; undeveloped campsite at Mile 135.7 & 144 Key to fish species: Grayling Lake Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 150.8 Y AC char K salmon, Chinook Koyukuk River, South Fork Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 156 Y also has whitefish AG arctic grayling S salmon, sockeye Marion Creek Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 180 Y BLM campground at Mile 180 Bu burbot CO salmon, coho Minnie Creek Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 187 Y DV Dolly Varden P salmon, pink LT lake trout CH salmon, chum Koyukuk River, Middle Fork Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 188.6 Y launch rafts or canoes near Wiseman; water often silty NP northern pike SF sheefish Tea Lake Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 270 Y Y Y access west side near PumP Station 4 RT rainbow trout Galbraith Lake Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 274.7 Y Y Y also has whitefish Toolik Lake Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 284.3 Y Y Y also has whitefish; no camping Kuparuk River Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 289 Y no camping Oksrukuyik Creek Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 298 Y Y Sagavanirktok River to Prudhoe Bay Fairbanks Dalton Highway MP 309 Y Y Dolly Varden fishing best in late summer Fish advisory: north of the Yukon River, all rivers are closed to salmon fishing within 5 miles of the Dalton Highway (except for Ray River). Anglers may see king and in the Koyukuk and Jim rivers and Prospect Creek. North of Atigun Pass, only catch-and-release fishing is allowed for lake trout within 5 miles of the Dalton Highway. Travel advisory: be sure to park well off the Dalton Highway, but don’t block gates to pipeline. This is an industrial highway with high speed truck traffic; windshield damage from flying gravel is common. Other northern and northwestern locations Anvik River Anchorage Anvik Y Y Y Y Y Y air or boat access only Boston Creek Anchorage tributary of the Fish River Y Y Y Y Y Y air or boat access only Etivlik Lake Fairbanks 150 miles northwest of Bettles Y Y air access only Fish River Anchorage tributary of Golovin Bay Y Y Y Y Y Y air or boat access only Grand Central River Anchorage Kougarok Road MP 35 Y Y access via Kougarok River or air Kuzitrin River Anchorage Kougarok Road MP 75 Y Y Y Y limited fishing for silvers and pinks Nigu River Fairbanks 150 miles northwest of Bettles Y Y Y air access only Nome River Anchorage Kougarok Road MP 4 Y Y Y Y Y Y road parallels river for 20 miles Pah River Fairbanks tributary of the , east of Kotzebue Y Y Y Y Y air access from Bettles, Fairbanks, Kotzebue Pilgrim River Anchorage Kougarok Road MP 45-65 Y Y Y Y Y Y road parallels river for 20 miles Salmon Lake Anchorage Nome- MP 40 Y Y BLM campground; access to Pilgrim River Solomon River Anchorage Nome-Council Road MP 40 Y Y Y Y Y ** Anchorage Unalakleet Y Y Y Y Y Y Y (listed east to west) Ten Mile Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 10 Y Y Y Y Big Swede Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 16 Y Y Y Y access via 3-mile primitive road Little Swede Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 16 Y access via 3-mile primitive road ** Glennallen Denali Highway MP 21 Y enter via Tangle Lakes, exit Tangle Lakes Glennallen Denali Highway MP 23 Y Y Y BLM Campground and wayside *Landmark Gap Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 24.6 Y Y access via 4-mile primitive road Rock Creek Glennallen Denali Highway MP 25 Y *Glacier Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 30.6 Y park on north side of river Sevenmile (Boulder) Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 40 Y Y Crooked Creek Glennallen Denali Highway MP 47.2 Y access via 3/4-mile gravel road Fiftymile Lake Glennallen Denali Highway MP 50 Y Brushkana Creek Glennallen Denali Highway MP 104.5 Y BLM Campground continued on back page WATER BLM OFFICE LOCATION AC AG Bu DV LT NP RT K S CO P CH SF NOTES Angler’s code of ethics Interior **Beaver Creek Fairbanks in White Mountains NRA, 60 mi. NE of Fairbanks Y Y Y Y put-in at Nome Creek off Steese Hwy. MP 57; air pickup Keep in mind that established fishing laws **Birch Creek Fairbanks in Steese NCA, 95 miles NE of Fairbanks Y Y Y Y put-in Steese Hwy. MP 94.5, exit MP 140 and 147 are designed to provide better fishing for everyone, now and in the future. But there is Black River Fairbanks 50 air miles north of Eagle Y Y Y Y Y Y air access only; some whitefish more to fishing than obeying the letter of the ** Fairbanks large drainage basin between Tok and Eagle Y Y Y BLM campgrounds at MP 49 and 82 law. Your commitment to respect Alaska’s ** Glennallen Richardson Highway north of Glennallen Y Y Y Y Y also has steelhead trout; BLM campgrounds and boat launch Paxson Lake Glennallen Richardson Highway MP 175 Y Y Y Y Y BLM campground and boat launch aquatic resources is essential to preserve *Adjacent lands managed by the State of Alaska **National Wild and Scenic Rivers managed by BLM quality fishing opportunities for the future.

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