Manhattan Lake

Manhattan Lake appears as a lake within Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA), Alaska.

Without a dependable size figure for Manhattan Lake, weeds, rock, water color, and nearby depth are the best starting clues.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Manhattan Lake include Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, and Steelhead.

On Manhattan Lake, for sockeye salmon, use a small legal fly or lure along an active travel route and check current run rules.

Around Manhattan Lake, for coho salmon, cast a spoon, spinner, or streamer along a creek mouth or active travel edge.

For a trip to Manhattan Lake, for pink salmon, cast a small bright spoon or fly where fresh fish are moving through current.

At Manhattan Lake, for steelhead, work a spoon, spinner, or fly through cool moving water and follow current seasonal rules.

How to Read the Water

At Manhattan Lake, start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.

Season by Season

When fishing Manhattan Lake, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.

A Simple Tackle Plan

A medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle at Manhattan Lake.

Record the wind, water color, depth where the lure was hit, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce at Manhattan Lake.