Fishing near Fairbanks, AK

Set in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of Interior Alaska, Fairbanks puts walk-in Arctic grayling water right downtown along the Chena River. The local scene runs on resident and stocked-lake fish rather than tide-driven salmon runs — grayling, northern pike, burbot, trout, and char. Marquee destinations include the Big Three ice-fishing lakes (Harding, Birch, and Quartz) along the Richardson Highway and the trophy pike of Minto Flats State Game Refuge, roughly 35 miles west.