Area Sport Fishing Reports
North Gulf Coast/Resurrection Bay

Archived Sport Fishing Report

May 18, 2017

Week of May 18 to May 24 

General Area Description: Salt waters within 200 miles of shore from the longitude of Gore Point to the longitude of Cape Fairfield and all fresh waters between Gore Point and Cape Fairfield.

Regulation Reminders and Emergency Orders

  • The personal use season for shrimp fishing with pot gear in North Gulf Coast area waters opened on April 15. North Gulf Coast shrimp permit is required to participate in this fishery.
  • Lingcod fishing remains closed until July 1.

Salt Waters

Halibut

  • Halibut fishing in the North Gulf Coast has been reported to be good and continues to improve. Fishing closer to the Gulf has been more productive.

Salmon

  • The king salmon limit in Resurrection Bay is two per day, any size. There is no annual or seasonal king salmon limit in effect, and there is no king salmon harvest recording requirement. Try trolling with a medium sized herring and oversized flasher.
  • Anglers are catching a few king salmon in the bay. Most kings caught have been feeder kings, indicating that it is still early for the king salmon returning to the Lagoon.
  • Sockeye should be milling around in Resurrection Bay. Keep scouting… it’s just a matter of time!

Other salt water fishing

  • Lingcod fishing remains closed until July 1 to protect nest guarding males.
  • There have been no reports of hooligan in Resurrection Bay yet. Historically, they have arrived in the last week of May, so keep an eye out next week!
  • Rockfish are easy to catch and have a fairly conservative bag limit, so target your rockfish last.
  • The rockfish daily bag limit is four per day, of which only one may be a non-pelagic (demersal) rockfish.
  • Use deepwater release methods to release incidentally caught rockfish.

Fishing Tip: Brush up on your rockfish identification before you head out fishing by looking on page 90 of the 2017 Southcentral Sport Fishing Regulation Summary booklet.

Shellfish

  • There have been no reports from the personal-use shrimp pot fishery. This fishery is now open in the entire North Gulf Coast area from Cape Fairfield to Gore Point. To participate in the fishery you must be an Alaska resident with a current sport fishing license or ADF&G Permanent ID card, and a North Gulf Coast shrimp pot fishery permit. Permits can be obtained at the Anchorage, Homer, or Soldotna ADF&G offices.
  • Check out page 83 of the 2017 Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations Summary booklet for regulations on this fishery and page 82 for shrimp pot requirements.

Fresh Waters

Salmon

  • There are no freshwater drainages in Resurrection Bay open to salmon fishing at this time of year.

Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling

  • Fish for Dolly Varden around creek mouths, especially creeks where pink salmon and chum salmon usually spawn.
  • Try casting small spinners and spoons off the beach for some sea run Dolly Varden action.
  • Fry and smolt patterns have been known to produce catches of Dolly Varden in Seward area streams.

Northern Pike

  • Northern pike are not native to Southcentral Alaska. Please report the capture of any pike in unconfirmed waters to ADF&G. Do not release any pike you have caught.

Lake Fishing

  • Area lakes will be stocked soon so check the ADF&G's Hatcheries and Stocking web page for more information regarding stocking updates.
  • First Lake was stocked with rainbow trout this week. Nice fish are being caught!

 

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