Area Sport Fishing Reports
Yakutat

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Archived Sport Fishing Report

Salt water harvest information is available via the link above right; “Marine Harvest Rates”.

Halibut angling was good around the days of bad weather last week. Most fish are in the lage size range.
Some green eye dogfish are starting to get caught while attempting to find halibut.
Rockfish angling was more popular last week with a variety of species coming in to the anglers who looked for them.
Coho angling is picking up but most of these fish are still incidental to anglers fishing for other species. Expect that coho angling will peak in the coming weeks.
Chinook angling is still fair. Anglers can get a few fish by trolling, although pink salmon are starting to make a show in the Bay making the angling harder for Chinook.
Lingcod angling remains steady and fair. Anglers have found fish both bottom fishing, and while trolling.

High water conditions developed on friday last week but flows are now receding.
Sockeye angling remains hot on the Situk. Bag limits were raised on the Situk River to 6 sockeye per day last week due to high abundance through the weir. Over 65,000 fish are past as of 7-19-15.
Pink salmon are starting to enter local rivers. Anglers have caught many on the Situk and on the Akwe-Italio system.
A few early coho have also been reported on the Situk.
Cutthroat trout angling was good last week up until the water rose for the weekend. The Trout will start to pool up behind spawning sockeye wherever they are found.
Alsek and East river catches have been slow this last week.

More information on fishing opportunities in Yakutat is available by clicking on the “Information by Area” link at left.

For further specific information you can also contact Brian Marston, ADF&G Sport Fish Division, at 907-784-3222 in Yakutat.