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ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
Sam Cotten, Commissioner

DIVISION OF SPORT FISH
Tom Brookover, Director

Contact:
Klaus Wuttig
Tanana River Area Management Biologist
Phone: 907-459-7344

May 02, 2016

MINTO FLATS NORTHERN PIKE BAG LIMIT REDUCTION

The Division of Sport Fish is reducing the bag and possession limit for northern pike in all lakes and flowing waters of the Minto Flats area (including the Chatanika and Tolovana rivers, and Minto Lakes). The bag and possession limit is decreased to 2 fish, and only one of these fish may be 30 inches or more in total length. This northern pike bag and possession limit change will be in effect from 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, June 1 through 11:59 p.m. Friday, October 14, 2016.

Between January 1 and the ice-free period of 2016, over 770 northern pike were harvested in the subsistence fishery from the Chatanika River between the mouth of Goldstream Creek and a regulatory marker approximately one mile downstream of Murphy Dome Road. When subsistence harvests in this area exceed 750 fish, the Minto Flats Northern Pike Management Plan (5AAC 74.044) mandates a reduction in the sport fish bag and possession limit for the 2016 season.

For additional information contact Klaus Wuttig, Tanana River Area Management Biologist, 907-459-7344.