Reflections Lake to be stocked with rainbow trout Friday

MAT-SU — Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued an emergency order expanding the bag and possession limit for rainbow trout in Reflections Lake.

The emergency order issued July 2 increases the bag and possession limit for rainbow trout in Reflections Lake to five per day and five in possession, of which only one may be 20 inches or greater in length. This emergency order is effective beginning at 6 a.m., July 6 through 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31 unless superseded by subsequent emergency order.

The change comes on the heels of a stocking effort that will add 500 catchable rainbow trout to Reflections Lake on July 6.

Reflections Lake was created in the 1960s when a gravel pit dug during the construction of the Glenn Highway flooded with groundwater. Over the past 10 years, state and federal agencies, along with many community partners, have worked to convert the site into a family friendly recreation area open to hunting, fishing, bird watching and other refuge-related activities.

The Reflections Lake recreation site features restroom facilities, a trail around the lake and access in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

For more information, contact assistant area sport fisheries management biologist Samantha Oslund at 746-6300.

Regulation 5AAC 60.120 specifies general provisions for seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means for stocked lakes and ponds in the Knik Arm Drainage Area.

Stocked lakes and ponds include Barley Lake, Bear Paw Lake, Bench Lake, Beverly Lake, Big Beaver Lake, B-J Lake, Boot Lake, Bruce Lake, Butterfly Lake, Canoe Lake, Carpenter Lake, Coyote Lake, Dawn Lake, Diamond Lake, Echo Lake, (Bradley Kepler), Farmer Lake, Finger Lake, Florence Lake, Golden Pond, Homestead Lake, Honey Bee Lake, Ida Lake, Irene Lake, Kepler/Bradley Lakes, Klaire Lake, Kalmbach Lake, Knik Lake, Knob Lake, Lalen Lake, Little Beaver Lake, Little Lonely Lake, Little No Luck Lake, Loberg (Junction )Lake, Long Lake (Mile 86, Glenn Hwy.), Loon Lake, Marion Lake, Matanuska Lake, Meirs Lake, Memory Lake, Morovo Lake, North Knob Lake, North Rolly Lake, Prator Lake, Ravine Lake, Reed Lake, Reflections Lake, Rhein Lake, Rocky Lake, Ruby Lake, Seventeen Mile Lake, Seymour Lake, Slipper Lake, South Rolly Lake, Tanaina Lake, Threemile Lake, Twin Island Lake, Vera Lake, Victor Lake, Visnaw Lake, Walby Lake, Weiner Lake, and Wolf Lake.