Area Sport Fishing Reports
Bristol Bay

Archived Sport Fishing Report

May 08, 2017

Bristol Bay Area

Week of May 8 to May 14
Issued May 8, 2017

Fresh waters

• Most large lakes are just beginning to break up and open water fishing opportunities remain limited at this time.

King Salmon

• Naknek and Alagnak drainages
  • It is still very early for kings in the Naknek and Alagnak. Sport fishing should be productive by mid-June in the Naknek and late June in the Alagnak.
• Nushagak drainages
  • It is still very early for kings. Sport fishing should be productive by mid-June.
  • The sonar is scheduled to be operational approximately June 5. Management will be in accordance with the Nushagak/Mulchatna King Salmon Management Plan. No substantial in season information will be available until after June 20. Productivity of Nushagak kings has been consistently good in recent years, therefore, we are cautiously optimistic for a good return in 2017.
• Togiak River and nearby drainages
  • It is still very early for kings in the Togiak. Sport fishing will not likely be productive until late June.

Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling

• Naknek and Alagnak drainages
  • Most of the flowing waters of the Kvichak and Alagnak river drainages and portions of the Naknek River drainage remain closed to all fishing until June 8 to protect spawning rainbow trout.
  • On the Naknek, angling is fair to good in the portions of the drainage that remain open to fishing.
• Togiak River and nearby drainages
  • There have been no angling reports from this section, though opportunities should improve as ice recedes and waters warm.
• Wood River Lakes system
  • Fishing should be good to excellent in and at the outlets of larger tributaries of the lakes. However, the lakes are still partially ice covered and access by boat is not yet possible.

Northern Pike

• Naknek and Alagnak drainages
  • Angling is good in the portions of the drainage that remain open to fishing.
• Wood River Lake system
  • Fishing should be good along lake and slough shores as the ice recedes. However, the lakes are still partially ice covered and access by boat is not yet possible.

Salt waters

Halibut

• Nushagak Bay
  • Fishing should be fair to good off the coast of Protection Point.