Anchor River State Recreation Area
The Anchor River is one of Alaska's premier fishing areas and providing access and a place to camp is Anchor River State Recreation Area. The 213-acre recreation area is reached from the Sterling Highway on the Kenai Peninsula, 16 miles north of Homer and 62 miles south of Soldotna.
The main activity at Anchor River State Recreation Area is fishing, notably for seasonal king and silver salmon and steelhead and rainbow. The Anchor River is Alaska's only major steelhead stream accessible by road with steelhead runs occurring from late August to November. King salmon is the river's most popular fishery with the run beginning in late May and peaking in the second week in June. Other species include silver salmon which move into the river from the end of July until the beginning of September and pink salmon from mid-July to early August on even numbered years.