Contact:
Mike Thalhauser
Area Management Biologist
Phone: 907-267-2186
June 24, 2015
Snagging will be permitted in the waters of Flemming Spit Lagoon in the Cordova Terminal Harvest Area beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, June 25, through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 12, 2015.
The Flemming Spit Lagoon area includes the lagoon waters east (upstream) of the culverts on Flemming Spit Creek. The marine waters of the Cordova Terminal Harvest Area outside of the lagoon will remain closed to snagging until they open by regulation October 1. The bag limit for king salmon is 2 per day, 4 in possession.
A survey of the Flemming Spit Lagoon estimated 50 king salmon that have returned and have started to color, indicating an abundance of available fish. King salmon returning to the portion of the lagoon upstream of the culverts are more difficult to catch using bait or lures and allowing snagging would increase fishing opportunity.
For more information about this emergency order, contact Area Sport Fisheries Management Biologist Mike Thalhauser in Anchorage at (907) 267-2186.