There is Ship Creek with plenty of early king (Chinook) salmon that runs right next to downtown Anchorage. A great silver (Coho) salmon creek runs just 20 minutes away. The Russian River has a great red (sockeye) salmon run and is just about 2 hours away and Seward has a mix of fish and is also two hours away.
This weekend I went to Kasilof River which is a 3 hour drive south on the Kenai Peninsula. I also didn't "fish" this weekend. Instead I "dipnetted" which is a way for Alaskan residents to harvest fish using a five foot round net
Brooks Falls is only accessible by air and I haven't been there.
