Fish and Game is extending the area that sport anglers can fish and increasing the amount they can harvest, starting Saturday (July 18). Enough king salmon have returned to the hatchery, leading to more fishing opportunity.
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It’s the first time in a few years that both residents and nonresidents can fish for hatchery king salmon in the slough’s freshwater. Anglers could be interviewed by Fish and Game staff researching there for a survey program this summer.
The City Creek release site near Petersburg is permanently discontinued as of this year. It’s now just part of the larger fishing district, which is closed to retention until mid-July.
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Petersburg’s Blind Slough hydroelectric plant and the state-owned Crystal Lake salmon hatchery on Mitkof Island are working out how to keep the water they share safe for fish.
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The amount of Chinook (king) salmon allocated under the Pacific Salmon Treaty is much lower this year in Southeast Alaska —almost 40 percent lower than last year— and that’s affecting all user groups.
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Several proposals headed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries next week would change how the state manages a popular run of king salmon near Petersburg.
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