This creek isn't known for large trout. Once upon a time it was and it may well be again now that it is catch and release only, but as was the case with many streams in Alaska's early days the rainbows in and around this system were harvested nearly to extinction. At one point in history there was even a statewide bounty on dollies and rainbows for fear that their fry munching habits would ruin salmon runs.

There are big fish here, but not many and you have to hunt far and wide to find them. Hog Johnson swims here but few get to meet him. Twelve to fourteen inch rainbows abound though. You get tired of catching them actually. If you put in enough time in the right spots you can break the 20-inch mark a handful of times or more on a trip but the larger fish don't come easy. Fortunately, wading through a ton of smaller to medium trout to find them isn't the most boring thing in the world, and you can quite literally catch as many of them in a day as you care to.


Typical rainbows from the upper end of the creek.