Alaska sportfishing
This blog is where we post sportfishing-related news releases, primarily from the Department of Fish and Game. Check here for the latest information on emergency closures, catch limit and regulation changes and miscellaneous other fishing news.
Archive
Bait banned in the Little Su sport fishery - 8/3/2012 10:59 am
Fish Creek youth fishery open this weekend - 8/2/2012 5:31 pm
Kenai closed to all king fishing July 19 - 7/17/2012 2:54 pm
Kasilof closes for king fishing on July 19 - 7/17/2012 2:50 pm
Supplemental catch added in Chitina fishery - 7/10/2012 10:07 am
Press release on Kasilof kings - 7/9/2012 2:54 pm
More poor salmon runs projected - 6/25/2012 2:35 pm
King restrictions planned for Upper Inlet - 3/29/2012 2:44 pm
276-pound halibut brought in but no derby ticket
Anchorage Daily News
Posted: June 13, 2011 - 11:37 am
Press release from the Valdez halibut derby:
Catching a large fish without a derby ticket can happen to anyone at any time. An angler who has been visiting Valdez for years put his boat in the water and did “just a little fishing,” according Mike Waller of Easy Freeze.
“He was just getting his boat in the water and didn’t expect to catch that big a fish where he did,” Waller said.
Youth-only fishing day on Homer Spit, Saturday, June 4
Anchorage Daily News
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 1:14 pm
May 31, 2011
For Immediate Release
A portion of the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon will be open to fishing only by youths 15 years of age and younger on Saturday, June 4, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. The youth-only fishing area will be posted. The remainder of the Fishing Lagoon will be open to fishing to all anglers of any age.