Fishing near Talkeetna, AK

Talkeetna sits at the confluence of the Talkeetna, Susitna, and Chulitna rivers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, making it one of southcentral Alaska's most productive freshwater fishing hubs. The area is known for all five Pacific salmon species, trophy rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, and arctic grayling across a network of rivers, creeks, and stocked lakes — including the walk-in lakes of Talkeetna Lakes Park just south of town.

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Chinook Salmon

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Dolly Varden

Salvelinus malma

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Arctic Grayling

Thymallus arcticus

Burbot

Lota lota

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Round Whitefish

Prosopium cylindraceum

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