Sterling
• The middle Kenai River flows out of Skilak Lake in Sterling, Alaska. There is excellent trophy rainbow trout and dolly varden catch and release fishing here in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge as well as great seasonal sockeye (red) salmon fishing and silver (coho) salmon fishing. The use of motors is allowed here and we can use an outboard motor to cross Skilak Lake in the morning and to run back upstream to fish the most productive runs. The river is wider and slower here. Clear days offer a view of the Chugach Mountain range and the wildlife refuge is home to a large variety of Alaskan wildlife.