Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Mendenhall Lake is a lake or reservoir in Alaska, listed as Special-regulation trout water by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish.
2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Juneau & the Mendenhall Valley.
Mendenhall Lake and the Mendenhall Glacier in rain, seen from the visitor center, Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Jsayre64, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mendenhall Lake is a lake or reservoir in Alaska. Our destination hub Juneau & the Mendenhall Valley is 10 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Mendenhall Lake or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Mendenhall Lake
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Mendenhall Lake: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Mendenhall Lake, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Mendenhall Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of 6 restrooms near Mendenhall Lake
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 6 restrooms near Mendenhall Lake, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Special-regulation trout waterPink salmon running up Montana Creek, Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alaska · about 3 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterWindfall Lake in winter below the Coast Range, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Special-regulation trout waterCowee Creek near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alaska · about 18 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not McGinnis CreekThe Indian River in Sitka, Alaska. Photo: James Crippen, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not McGinnis Creek.
Alaska · about 3 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Shelter LakeA Forest Service public-use cabin on West Turner Lake, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shelter Lake.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Young LakeKah Sheets Lake, Tongass National Forest, with a floatplane arriving at the Forest Service cabin (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Young Lake.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the ADF&G Southeast sport fishing regulations, Juneau & Glacier Bay: unbaited artificial lures or flies only (all or part of the year) list (Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, read 2026-10-23). All waters with this designation
Measured from the National Hydrography Dataset (large scale) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
4.2 of 8.8 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
The hatch and season chart for this water's region.
Juneau, Alaska's capital, has no road connection to the rest of the state; north-west of downtown the Mendenhall River drains Mendenhall Lake below the Mendenhall Glacier, Montana Creek joins it in the valley, and the Glacier Highway runs north toward Cowee Creek.
Destination hub · 10 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Mendenhall Lake.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Mendenhall Lake” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Special-regulation trout waterPink salmon running up Montana Creek, Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alaska · about 3 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterWindfall Lake in winter below the Coast Range, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Special-regulation trout waterCowee Creek near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alaska · about 18 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not McGinnis CreekThe Indian River in Sitka, Alaska. Photo: James Crippen, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not McGinnis Creek.
Alaska · about 3 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Shelter LakeA Forest Service public-use cabin on West Turner Lake, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shelter Lake.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Young LakeKah Sheets Lake, Tongass National Forest, with a floatplane arriving at the Forest Service cabin (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Young Lake.
Juneau, Alaska
Fishing lodge · 4.1 mi
