Naknek Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
Target species: Rainbow Trout, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Arctic Char
The lake
Naknek Lake covers 123,031 acres in Alaska, across 2 counties: Lake and Peninsula and Bristol Bay. It is a lake: 91.2% of it is 350 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 575 feet (175.3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
Depth: down to 575 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 575 ft (175.3 m). 91.2% of the water is 350 feet or shallower. We hold 43 depth contours for this water, drawn from 2 soundings.
- 0–50 ft: 54.6% of the water
- 50–100 ft: 15.1% of the water
- 100–150 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 150–200 ft: 6% of the water
- 200–250 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 250–300 ft: 2% of the water
- 300–350 ft: 2.1% of the water
- 350–400 ft: 1.7% of the water
- 400–450 ft: 3% of the water
- 450–500 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 500–541 ft: 2.6% of the water
4 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Arctic Grayling — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Arctic Char — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
Also recorded here: Slimy Sculpin.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 123,031 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
Where this data comes from
- National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network — National Park Service: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
