Campground
Staney Bridge Dispersed Campsite
Free two-site camp at the Staney Creek bridge on Forest Road 2050.
0.0 mi
Fishing spot
Staney Creek
Road-accessible west-side creek for coho and steelhead, with free campsites and a cabin.
Tongass National Forest · USFS
- Water kind
- Creek
- Species
- Coho salmon · Steelhead
- Run timing
- {"coho":"late August to September","steelhead (fall)":"late October to mid-January, peak late November and December","steelhead (spring)":"early March to May, peak early April to mid-May"}
- Methods
- Artificial lures · Fly
- Shore access
- Yes
- Access modes
- Road
- Regulations summary
- Unbaited artificial lures or flies only, year-round. Steelhead catch-and-release only.
- Regulations url
- adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/fishregulations/PDFs/southeast/2026se_sfregs_princeofwalesisland.pdf
- Reg year
- 2026
Road
ADF&G lists Staney Creek as a good fall coho option and one of the road-accessible steelhead streams. Staney Bridge and Horseshoe Hole campsites and the Staney Creek Cabin are close by.
Run timing
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coho | ||||||||||||
| steelhead (fall) | ||||||||||||
| steelhead (spring) |
Approximate timing; conditions and openings vary.
Location
Fishing · Fly fishing
Sources
- 2026 Southeast Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations: Prince of Wales IslandAlaska Department of Fish and Game · Accessed 2026-11-05
- Prince of Wales Island Fishing InformationAlaska Department of Fish and Game · Accessed 2026-11-05
- Staney Bridge Dispersed CampsiteUSDA Forest Service, Tongass National Forest · Accessed 2026-11-09
Last updated 2026-11-05
Nearby within 25 miles
Campgrounds
Campground
Horseshoe Hole Dispersed Campsite
Free two-site forest camp near Staney Creek on the island's west side.
0.6 mi
Campground
Eagles Nest Campground
Forest campground above Balls Lake in the center of the island, with a canoe launch and lakeside walk-in sites.
13.1 mi
Campground
Lake No. 3 Dispersed Campsite
Free two-site lakeside camp near the Salt Chuck mine trail, west of Thorne Bay.
24.1 mi
Public use cabins
Public-use cabin
Staney Creek Cabin
Easy-access cabin a half mile by boardwalk from Forest Road 2054, near Staney Creek's salmon and steelhead.
1.4 mi
Public-use cabin
Honker Lake Cabin
Small cabin on the Honker Divide canoe route, by floatplane or a 6-mile paddle.
9.3 mi
Public-use cabin
Sarkar Lake Cabin
Lake cabin on the Sarkar Canoe Route, with skiffs provided.
10.9 mi
Public-use cabin
Sweetwater Lake Cabin
Lake cabin 10 road miles from Coffman Cove, then a short hike and skiff ride.
12.2 mi
Public-use cabin
Control Lake Cabin
Road-access lake cabin a short row from the Control Lake junction.
12.7 mi
Public-use cabin
Barnes Lake Cabin
Cedar cabin on a saltwater lagoon with crabbing and some of the island's best silver salmon fishing.
15.3 mi
Public-use cabin
Black Bear Lake Cabin
Fly-in lake cabin below Patricia Peak, reachable only by floatplane.
21.2 mi
Public-use cabin
Shipley Bay Cabin
Kosciusko Island cabin facing 2,592-foot Mount Francis, an hour by boat from El Capitan.
24.6 mi
Trails
Trail
Sarkar Canoe Route
- Distance
- 9.50633426771405 mi
Fifteen-mile paddle linking seven lakes from the Sarkar Lake boat ramp.
9.5 mi
Trail
Balls Lake Trail
- Distance
- 13.3750324470716 mi
Lakeshore loop from the Balls Lake picnic shelter, linked to Eagles Nest Campground.
13.4 mi
Trail
Beaver Falls Karst Trail
- Distance
- 23.7077573395309 mi
Short north-end walk through muskeg and karst to a 40-foot waterfall that drops into a cave.
23.7 mi
Fishing spots
Fishing spot
Sarkar Lake and River
Canoe-route lake with cutthroat and rainbow trout and a steelhead outlet river.
10.9 mi
Fishing spot
Luck Lake and Eagle Creek
Trout lake with a road access site, draining to Eagle Creek's steelhead run.
17.3 mi
Fishing spot
Klawock River
Hatchery-boosted river with the island's largest coho return, right at Klawock.
17.5 mi
Fishing spot
Neck Lake
North-end lake with a renowned cutthroat fishery and summer-run hatchery coho near Whale Pass.
20.0 mi
Fishing spot
Thorne River
The island's biggest road-accessible river for steelhead, coho and trout, reached at Gravelly Creek.
20.8 mi
Fishing spot
Prince of Wales outer coast
Saltwater salmon and halibut out of Craig, Klawock and Waterfall.
22.9 mi
Lodges
Lodge
El Capitan Lodge
A chalet-style, full-service fishing lodge in remote Sea Otter Sound on the north end of Prince of Wales Island. Guests target trophy king and silver salmon, halibut and rockfish.
11.6 mi
Lodge
Fireweed Lodge
A lodge owned by the Anderson family since 1990, overlooking the Klawock estuary on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island. Guests fish for king and coho salmon, halibut, lingcod and steelhead.
17.7 mi
