Contact:
Patrick Fowler
Petersburg-Wrangell Area Management Biologist
Phone: (907) 772-5231
May 28, 2015
Petersburg – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish today announced the bag and possession limit of king salmon in the Wrangell Narrows-Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area, effective Monday, June 1st through Friday, July 31st 2015.
King salmon bag and possession limits for residents and nonresidents:
• 28 inches or greater - 2 fish.
• less than 28 inches - 2 fish.
Nonresident annual limits:
• King salmon caught by nonresident anglers in the terminal harvest area do not count toward the 2015 nonresident annual limit.
The Wrangell Narrows-Blind Slough terminal harvest area is described as: that portion of Wrangell Narrows south of 56°46’ N. latitude (Martinsens’s dock) and north and east of the northern tip of Woewodski Island (inlet point) and includes the fresh waters of Blind Slough upstream of a line between Blind Point and Anchor Point.
In 2015, 2,300 Crystal Lake hatchery king salmon are expected to return to the terminal area. Returns of this size are expected to provide for hatchery broodstock needs while allowing liberalized sport fishing opportunity. In accordance with the Wrangell Narrows-Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area Management Plan (5 AAC 33.381), the department is directed to establish the above bag and possession limits when the projected return of king salmon to the terminal area is at least 2,000 fish but less than 4,000 fish.
Anglers are reminded that snagging is not legal in the fresh waters of Blind Slough. When fishing upstream of a line between Blind Point and Anchor Point any fish hooked elsewhere than in the mouth must be released immediately.
For further information concerning this announcement please contact Petersburg/Wrangell Area Management Biologist, Patrick Fowler at (907) 772-5231.