Fishing near McCarthy, AK

McCarthy sits deep inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southcentral Alaska, surrounded by glaciers and wild river drainages. The area is known for Arctic grayling, Dolly Varden, and salmon in the roadside waters along McCarthy Road, with additional fishing accessible along the Edgerton Highway corridor toward Chitina.

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Dolly Varden

Salvelinus malma

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

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