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Fishing
Information
Sport Fish Regulations - http://www.state.ak.us/adfg/sportf/sf_home.htm
Non-resident fishing license for 1-Day is $20, 3-Day is $35, 7-Day is $55, 14-Day is $80 and annual fee is $145.
Non-resident King salmon stamp is $10 for 1-Day, $20 for 3-Days, and $30 for 7-Days.
Fees are subject to change ~ Check with Alaska Dept of Fish & Game
Alaska's State Fish: King Salmon ~ Chinook
Kings are available from May through September and they peak in May through July. Their silvery, iridescent tail and black gum line are the best for identifying purposes. Most Kings return to fresh water to spawn in their fourth or fifth year. Some return in a year or so, and are known as "jack" salmon. During spawning they stop eating and turn maroon to olive-brown. Record King was taken in a fish trap near Petersburg in 1949 weighing 126 lbs.
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Coho's leap and dance when hooked. They develop greenish-black heads with dark brown to dark maroon bodies when spawning. They also develop Dracula-like teeth and a macho hooked snout. They are available from mid-June through September, peaking in mid-July through September.
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Pink Salmon ~ Humpback
Humpy's or Pinks are the smallest of the Pacific salmon. They are available from mid-June through September, peaking in mid-July through September. The average mature weight is 2-6 lbs. They can be identified by their very small scales and large very dark spots on their back and entire tail. The tails lack the irridescent sheen found on King salmon. Spawning males develop a high hump immediately behind the head and a hooked jaw.
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The name Sockeye is a corruption of the name used by the Indians of British Columbia originally printed as "sukkai." Sockeye have a peak season of June and July. Their average mature weight is 2-7 lbs. They are greenish blue with fine pepper-like speckling, no large dark spots. The breeding male has a pale green head, dark jaws, and bright red body and fins. The spawning female is generally the same with green and yellow splotches on the body.
Pacific Halibut
Alaskan Halibut is great eating and can weigh anywhere between 40-400 lbs. Halibut are best known for putting up quite a battle to get them to the surface of the water. It took Matt 5 times to bring up this 121 pounder. It was a good fight and one he'll long remember. The color on this flatfish is restricted to one side, with both eyes on the right side of the head. Usually dark brown or gray, marbled with paler shades, white on blind side. Length to 8' denotes a female, males rarely over 4.5' long.
Dolly's are a type of char, named for a brightly colored cloth, which is named from a character in a Dickens novel whose clothes were vividly described. Variable in color, sea-run individuals are silvery, others can be blue, olive green or brown on dorsal surfaces, occasionally bright red on the sides. They can be recognized by the pale yellow spots on the back and red to orange spots on the sides of the body. Dolly Varden is available from April - October, peaking from mid-June through October.
Cutthroat Trout
Cutthroat's are named for the red or orange streaks along the inner edge of the lower jaw in freshly caught specimens. These trout spawn in fresh water and can live in either fresh or saltwater. They are greenish blue on upper surfaces, silvery on sides with angular or round black spots often organized into irregular patterns on back and sides, with small teeth to the back of the tongue in a large mouth that extends beyond the back of they eye. Fish fresh from the sea are bluish with a silvery sheen on their sides. Sea-run cutthroat are hard to distinguish from sea-run Steelhead, although are usually much smaller in size. Average mature weight 1-4 lbs. Cutthroat's are available from April through October.
Rockfish
The Gulf of Alaska has 34 species of Rockfish and a dozen of these are taken in sport fishery. They range in length from 8-40 inches. The spines are mildly toxic and can cause pain and infection. Many species are harvested for their tasty white fillets. The yelloweye rockfish is often called "red snapper."
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Shrimp ~ Crab ~ Clams & More
Pull up a shrimp trap or a crab pot or dig for clams along the beach ~ what a treat!!
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