Yakutat Angling Report: September 23- September 29, 2008

October 1, 2008 by admin
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Yakutat Angling Report
September 23- September 29, 2008

  • Freshwater Angling

  • Situk River- Situk River angling has been fair in the middle river to drift fishers but many lower river anglers have found few fish and difficult water conditions for angling.  Water flows have been well above average since September 6th.  Fish are holed up in log jams and backwater areas. Deep fishing lures and jigs seem to work when you can find the holding spots. Bait is not allowed on the Yakutat road system streams.
  • Tsiu River- Tsiu River coho angling has been excellent. The weather has made it tough to get a flight in but the fish are there.  Experienced Tsiu anglers report better than average catches of large fish to 21 lbs.
  • The Lost River and other Yakutat area streams –
    Lost River anglers have found a few fish coming in on every high tide. The exposed section of the lower river was rough last week due to winds and rain.  Fish will not hold in the Lower Lost River during high flows, so timing the tides is critical to catching fish. Some small holes up near the Lost River Bridge may hold some fish past the peak tide.
  • Few reports have come in from Akwe and Italio. Weather has preempted any easy flights out to those rivers. Seal Creek was reportedly still producing some nice coho to the occasional duck hunter who brought a rod along.  East River anglers did report some good coho catches last week.
  • Please see the emergency orders/news releases for the most recent information regarding the Situk River (Yakutat) sport fisheries.
  • Current weir counts for Situk River.

  • Marine Angling

  • Marine angling has been fair for halibut and lingcod. Anglers heading out with a full boat load find most will get limits of halibut and there are still some large 100lb fish coming in. Effort is beginning to slow due to weather and the late season.
  • Salmon angling in salt water was very slow with little effort last week as most anglers have switched to river fishing.
  • Check: Yakutat weather and the satellite photo for the latest Yakutat weather conditions and general information on Yakutat sport fisheries.
  • For further information, anglers can call Brian Marston at the ADF&G, Division of Sport Fish in Yakutat, at (907) 784-3222, or 784-3255 if there is no answer.

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