Nome Creek

Type
Freestone river, Alaska (West)
Designation
Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on the Nome Creek

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Nome Creek is a freestone river in Alaska, listed as Catch and release by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish.

More about the Nome Creek

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish lists 1 species.

Updated · Sources: ADF&G Northern sport fishing regulations, Yukon River: catch-and-release for rainbow/steelhead or cutthroat trout, Arctic char/Dolly Varden, lake trout or Arctic grayling, ADF&G Northern sport fishing regulations, Yukon River: unbaited artificial lures or flies only (all or part of the year)

Thick white overflow ice melting along Nome Creek in a green valley below rounded peaks
Photo credit

Overflow ice melting on Nome Creek, White Mountains National Recreation Area, Alaska (Bureau of Land Management). Photo: BLM Alaska, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

Nome Creek is a freestone river in Alaska.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Nome Creek 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 Nome Creek

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

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.

Restrooms near Nome Creek

Restrooms near Nome Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of Nome Creek 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.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

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.

More water near Nome Creek

  • Aerial view of the broad meander of the Salcha River through forested hillsSpecial-regulation trout water
    Photo credit

    The Salcha River at the trans-Alaska pipeline crossing, looking north-east (pipeline survey photograph, U.S. National Archives). Photo: Dennis Cowals, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Salcha River

    Alaska · about 60 mi

  • Aerial view of the Klutina River winding through dark spruce forestCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Chena River
    Photo credit

    The Klutina River west of the trans-Alaska pipeline crossing, looking east toward Copper Center (pipeline survey photograph, U.S. National Archives). Photo: Dennis Cowals, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Chena River.

    Chena River

    Alaska · about 33 mi

    Arctic grayling

  • The Nowitna River valley with forest, gravel bars and snow-patched mountainsSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Chatanika River
    Photo credit

    The Nowitna River, Alaska (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Photo: Keller Jo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Chatanika River.

    Chatanika River

    Alaska · about 37 mi

    Northern pike

  • Aerial view of the narrow Tebay River meandering through green wetland and small pondsSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Goodpaster River
    Photo credit

    The Tebay River from the air, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska (National Park Service). Photo: National Park Service, Alaska Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Goodpaster River.

    Goodpaster River

    Alaska · about 87 mi

  • The Little Susitna River blurred white over large granite boulders under a dusky skySpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Delta Clearwater River
    Photo credit

    The Little Susitna River near the road to Hatcher Pass, Alaska, at midnight. Photo: Jim from Lexington, KY, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Delta Clearwater River.

    Delta Clearwater River

    Alaska · about 100 mi

    Arctic grayling

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

2 official designations

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.

The water on the map

About this

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.

Length
29.5 mi
Watershed
Beaver Creek

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. 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.

20.1 of 27.8 mi on public land

  • Eastern Interior Field OfficeBureau of Land Management · 20.1 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Nome Creek

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A wade-fishing checklist for big western trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.

A woman in waders and a sun hat wades a broad river and casts, bluffs on the far bank

Big western rivers (wade fishing)

9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

About this

Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

About this

Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Nome Creek.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

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: a point on the mapped channel of “Nome Creek” near the middle of its length in Alaska, from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.