Bristol Bay Area Sport Fishing Report - August 05, 2008

August 10, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Bristol Bay 

Report from Alaska Fish and Game

Bristol Bay Area

Week of August 6 through August 12

Issued August 6, 2008

Emergency Orders and regulation reminders

• Sport fishing for king salmon fishing is now closed throughout Bristol Bay.

• Alagnak River - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game increased the bag and possession limit for sockeye salmon from 5 per day to 10 per day in all waters of the Alagnak River drainage effective 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The limit for other salmon, except king and sockeye salmon, remains at 5 per day, 5 in possession, of which only 3 may be coho salmon. These limits are in combination with the more liberal limits for sockeye salmon.

• Naknek River - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game increased the bag and possession limit for sockeye salmon from 5 per day to 10 per day in all waters of the Naknek River drainage open to the harvest of salmon effective 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The limit for other salmon, except king and sockeye salmon, remains at 5 per day, 5 in possession. These limits are in combination with the more liberal limits for sockeye salmon.

Fresh waters

Silver Salmon

• Naknek and Alagnak drainages: Sport fishing is reported as fair to good and should continue to be good this week.

• Nushagak drainages: Sport fishing is currently good to very good and will likely improve this week.

• Togiak River and nearby drainages: Sport fishing is reported as fair to good and will likely improve throughout this week.

Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling

• Alagnak and Naknek drainages: Sport fishing for rainbow trout in the Alagnak is reported as good. On the Naknek, sport fishing remains fair to good for rainbow trout.

• Togiak River and nearby drainages: Sport fishing for Dolly Varden, rainbow trout, and Arctic grayling is reported as very good.

• Wood River Lakes system: Sport fishing for char is reported to be very good to excellent at the outlets of salmon spawning streams as smolt continue to migrate downriver. Try jigging spoons or casting shiny spinners or smolt patterns to imitate outmigrating smolt.

Northern Pike

• Alagnak and Naknek drainages: Angling is reportedly fair to very good. Try casting weedless spoons or large black or purple bunny flies.

• Wood River Lake system: Sport fishing is fair to good along lake and slough shores and in shallow, weedy bays. Again, try casting weedless spoons or stripping large bunny flies.

Salt waters

Halibut

• Nushagak Bay: Sport fishing should remain fair off the coast of Protection Point.

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