Contact:
Kelly Reppert
Assistant Area Management Biologist
Phone: (907) 225-2859

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish announced today that Ketchikan Creek will be opened to sport fishing for all species, including king salmon, effective at 12:01 A.M. August 24, 2006 through 11:59 P.M. September 14, 2006. The daily bag and possession limit for king salmon in Ketchikan Creek is two king salmon 28 inches or greater in length and two king salmon less than 28 inches in length. The daily bag and possession limit for all other salmon 16 inches or greater in length is two per day in aggregate, and two in possession. Fishing gear permitted in Ketchikan Creek is single hook, unbaited, artificial lures only.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries granted the department emergency order authority to increase sport fish bag and possession limits when hatchery produced fish escape through existing fisheries to designated harvest areas in numbers that exceed brood stock needs or any natural spawning requirements.

Ketchikan Creek will remain open from September 15, 2006 through May 15, 2007 by regulation for all species except king salmon. The bag limit for all other salmon (in combination) will remain at two fish per day and in possession, 16 inches or greater in length.