Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Auke Bay Laboratories (ABL)has just published a free, downloadable field guide to nearshore marine fishes. The ABL, a division of NOAA Fisheries, conducts research throughout Alaska about commercially marketable species such as rockfish, sablefish, and salmon, as well as research about all aspects of marine ecosystems. The ABL provide data to […]
It’s halibut time in Alaska, and pound for pound this is some incredible fishing. We’re getting reports from Saltwater Nation anglers in Seward, Whittier, and Homer that halibut catches are increasing and that there’s no better time to get out and get those freezers stocked. There’s a 199-pound halibut occupying the leader board of this […]
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The Alaska Charter Halibut Management Implementation Committee has asked the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council to impose new restrictions on the catch limits for halibut in Cook Inlet for next summer. The Charter Committee has proposed a new two-fish limit in an effort to head off a new International Pacific Halibut Commission directive that would limit […]
Congratulations to Gene Jones of Bellevie, IA who won the 2013 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby with a 236.2-pound halibut. Jones landed the fish on July 25, 2013 fishing with Captain David Bayes aboard the Grand Aleutian with Central Charters. Jones’ fish earned the grand prize of $21, 281.50. This year’s tournament also saw a record […]
If you know about the Fishing Hole in Homer, Alaska, then you know that this is the time of the year when we are all waiting for the silver run to hit the Hole. The silver haven’t run yet, but Saltwater Nation Anglers are letting us know that there have been a few silvers hanging […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game posted dates and regulations for the 2013 sport fishing lingcod season for Southeast, Yakutat, and Juneau. The Southeast season will run May 16-November 30. This year’s regulations identify: resident bag limit: one daily, two in possession;no size limit. nonresidents bag limit: one daily, one in possession; annual limit […]
Those of you planning to fish the king runs in the lower Cook Inlet this year should keep an eye out for newly imposed restrictions. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sportfisheries has announced that Lower Cook Inlet stream and marine waters will be “managed conservatively during the 2013 season.” For more […]
From the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: “The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), Division of Sport Fish recently developed a new Google Earth mapping application that is now posted on the department’s website and available for public use. The application provides anglers and other information seekers with easy access to contour maps, […]