08-14-2004, 11:09 PM
Lower Cook Inlet Area
Fishing Report for August 10, 2004
[url "javascript:popup('homregs.cfm');"]Emergency Orders and Regulation Changes[/url] Salt Waters
Halibut [ul] [li]Halibut fishing continued to be good to excellent throughout Lower and Central Cook Inlet last week. Fish were available in mid-Inlet near the latitudes of Anchor Point, Bluff Point, and from Point Pogibshi to the Barren Islands. The Flat Island area produced good numbers of fish in 100-200 feet of water. [li]Halibut fishing should remain good through the end of summer, with success limited primarily by rough seas. [/li][/ul]
Marine Waters King Salmon [ul] [li]Salt water Cook Inlet feeder king salmon fishing is available around Bluff Point, Point Pogibshi, and other nearshore locations in Kachemak Bay. Fishing has been fair to good with anglers using cut herring for bait or using spinners. [/li][/ul]
Other Salt Water Fishing [ul] [li]Anglers continue to have a great time catching silver salmon at the Fishing Hole. The best bite is on the flooding and ebbing tides. Vibrax spinners are working well inside the Hole, along with cut herring and cured salmon eggs below a bobber. [li]Fishing for pinks in Tutka Lagoon is fair to good. They are biting on spinners and spoons. The limit is 6 pinks per day, snagging is legal here. [li]Best luck for catching lingcod is fishing the Barren Islands or the Chugach Islands areas. Lingcod season remains open until December 31. The minimum size limit is 35 inches, and the bag limit is 2 per day and 2 in possession. [li]Rockfish fishing is also open all year. Most rockfish are taken while targeting halibut or salmon. Rockfish caught in less than 60 feet of water generally survive release. The bag limits are 5 rockfish per day, no more than 1 of which may be a non-pelagic species. [li]Large schools of spiny dogfish have recently moved into Cook Inlet. Anglers are reminded that all dogfish that are not kept must be carefully released. The bag limits for all sharks, including dogfish, are one fish per day and two per year, and they must be immediately recorded on the back of your license or on your harvest record card. [li]Anglers are reminded that all fish that are gaffed must be kept as part of that person's bag and possession limit. A person may not gaff a fish for which the fishing season is closed, that is not of legal size, or that is to be released. [/li][/ul] Personal Use [ul] [li]The silver salmon personal use fishery opens Monday, August 16. Permits are available only at the Homer and Anchorage offices. You may not fish in this fishery if you obtained a personal use permit to dipnet/gillnet the Kenai or Kasilof rivers.[/li][/ul] Shellfish [ul] [li]The next series of clamming tides runs August 28-September 1. Again, a PSP warning has been issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation. Clammers should read the "news release" information above. [li]Dungeness, King and Tanner crab, and shrimp fisheries are closed in Cook Inlet and the Outer Gulf Coast. [/li][/ul] Fresh Waters [ul] [li]Anglers can now fish the entire Anchor River, Deep Creek and Ninilchik River systems, but salmon fishing is open only in the lower two miles on each stream. All three streams are low and clear. [li]Anglers fishing the Anchor River report fair fishing for silvers. Silver fishing should improve quickly as the typical August 20 peak of the run approaches. [li]Pink salmon can also be found in these streams. [li]For salmon fishing, drift eggs or cast small to medium spinners for best results. Silvers will be available through Labor Day. [li]Steelhead are starting to enter the rivers. Please familiarize yourself with the differences between a silver salmon and a steelhead. Rainbow/steelhead have black spots all over both lobes of the tail, while silvers have black spots only on the upper lobe of the tail. [li]Rainbow/steelhead trout may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately in these streams. [/li][/ul]
Fishing Report for August 10, 2004
[url "javascript:popup('homregs.cfm');"]Emergency Orders and Regulation Changes[/url] Salt Waters
Halibut [ul] [li]Halibut fishing continued to be good to excellent throughout Lower and Central Cook Inlet last week. Fish were available in mid-Inlet near the latitudes of Anchor Point, Bluff Point, and from Point Pogibshi to the Barren Islands. The Flat Island area produced good numbers of fish in 100-200 feet of water. [li]Halibut fishing should remain good through the end of summer, with success limited primarily by rough seas. [/li][/ul]
Marine Waters King Salmon [ul] [li]Salt water Cook Inlet feeder king salmon fishing is available around Bluff Point, Point Pogibshi, and other nearshore locations in Kachemak Bay. Fishing has been fair to good with anglers using cut herring for bait or using spinners. [/li][/ul]
Other Salt Water Fishing [ul] [li]Anglers continue to have a great time catching silver salmon at the Fishing Hole. The best bite is on the flooding and ebbing tides. Vibrax spinners are working well inside the Hole, along with cut herring and cured salmon eggs below a bobber. [li]Fishing for pinks in Tutka Lagoon is fair to good. They are biting on spinners and spoons. The limit is 6 pinks per day, snagging is legal here. [li]Best luck for catching lingcod is fishing the Barren Islands or the Chugach Islands areas. Lingcod season remains open until December 31. The minimum size limit is 35 inches, and the bag limit is 2 per day and 2 in possession. [li]Rockfish fishing is also open all year. Most rockfish are taken while targeting halibut or salmon. Rockfish caught in less than 60 feet of water generally survive release. The bag limits are 5 rockfish per day, no more than 1 of which may be a non-pelagic species. [li]Large schools of spiny dogfish have recently moved into Cook Inlet. Anglers are reminded that all dogfish that are not kept must be carefully released. The bag limits for all sharks, including dogfish, are one fish per day and two per year, and they must be immediately recorded on the back of your license or on your harvest record card. [li]Anglers are reminded that all fish that are gaffed must be kept as part of that person's bag and possession limit. A person may not gaff a fish for which the fishing season is closed, that is not of legal size, or that is to be released. [/li][/ul] Personal Use [ul] [li]The silver salmon personal use fishery opens Monday, August 16. Permits are available only at the Homer and Anchorage offices. You may not fish in this fishery if you obtained a personal use permit to dipnet/gillnet the Kenai or Kasilof rivers.[/li][/ul] Shellfish [ul] [li]The next series of clamming tides runs August 28-September 1. Again, a PSP warning has been issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation. Clammers should read the "news release" information above. [li]Dungeness, King and Tanner crab, and shrimp fisheries are closed in Cook Inlet and the Outer Gulf Coast. [/li][/ul] Fresh Waters [ul] [li]Anglers can now fish the entire Anchor River, Deep Creek and Ninilchik River systems, but salmon fishing is open only in the lower two miles on each stream. All three streams are low and clear. [li]Anglers fishing the Anchor River report fair fishing for silvers. Silver fishing should improve quickly as the typical August 20 peak of the run approaches. [li]Pink salmon can also be found in these streams. [li]For salmon fishing, drift eggs or cast small to medium spinners for best results. Silvers will be available through Labor Day. [li]Steelhead are starting to enter the rivers. Please familiarize yourself with the differences between a silver salmon and a steelhead. Rainbow/steelhead have black spots all over both lobes of the tail, while silvers have black spots only on the upper lobe of the tail. [li]Rainbow/steelhead trout may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately in these streams. [/li][/ul]