Pretty Lake is a lake in Copper River County, Alaska.
Pretty Lake is a lake in Copper River, Alaska and covers about 20.8 acres and reaches about 32.5 feet.
Pretty Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Pretty Lake include Arctic Grayling, Humpback Whitefish, and Longnose Sucker.
At Pretty Lake, for arctic grayling, use a small dry fly, nymph, spinner, or spoon near moving water and surface insects.
Around Pretty Lake, for humpback whitefish, jig a small fly or compact bait close to firm bottom in cold water.
For a trip to Pretty Lake, use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.
On Pretty Lake, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.
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 Pretty Lake.
When fishing Pretty Lake, record the wind, water color, depth that produced twice, 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.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.