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- There are no emergency orders in effect for the North Gulf Coast Sport Fish Area.
- The halibut are generally smaller this year throughout the Gulf of Alaska, but fishing has remained good all summer, when the weather has cooperated.
- Try looking for halibut off the mouths of streams that are spitting out pink and chum salmon carcasses.
- The silver salmon run to the head of the bay is running late Ð few jumpers have shown and the percentage of male silvers being caught at the head of the bay is still running very high.
- If you are fishing off the beach, use your polarized sun glasses to spot fish.
- Look for the beach fisheries to pick up about the second week of September.
- Trolling is the best method to catch silvers right now. Cut herring is always a good bet for silver salmon.
- There is a "youth only" silver salmon fishery Sept. 2-4 in the Seward Lagoon, see page 58 of the Southcentral Sport Fishing Regulations Summary. Expect very slowing fishing at this fishery.
- Lingcod fishing continues to be good, but is only open outside Resurrection Bay. If you harvest a lingcod outside Resurrection Bay you cannot fish inside the bay while returning to port.
- Rockfish are easy to catch and have a fairly conservative bag limit. These fish only last a couple of months in the freezer, so plan your catch and limit yourself to what you need. Once you have your limit, fish for something else.
- If you catch rockfish, but do not want them, move to a different fishing location.
- Greenling and Pacific cod are also readily caught and make excellent table fare. Greenlings are best when fresh and cod freeze well.
- The personal-use shrimp pot fishery between Aialik Cape and Gore Point is open through September 15. To participate in the fishery you must be an Alaska resident with a current sport fishing license or ADF&G Permanent ID card, and a North Gulf Coast shrimp pot fishery permit. Permits can be obtained at the Anchorage, Homer, or Soldotna ADF&G offices. They can also be obtained at The Fish House in Seward.
- Check out page 63 of the 2011 Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations Summary for regulations on this fishery, and page 62 shrimp pot requirements.
- The tanner crab fishery opens this Friday. These shellfish are typically found in relatively deep water in flat areas with a silt substrate.
- Check out page 63 of the 2011 Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations Summary booklet for regulations on these fisheries.
- The Resurrection River drainage, downstream of Nash Road and the Seward Highway is open to salmon fishing.
- This fishery is pretty slow right now, look for these silvers in September, and keep one eye open for bears - they frequent this area daily looking for an easy meal.
- Lake fishing is limited in the North Gulf Coast area. Try hiking into Lost Lake for some rainbow trout fishing. Lost Lake is only stocked occasionally, but this hike is worth the trip for the scenery alone.
- Northern pike are not native to Southcentral Alaska. Please report the capture of any pike to ADF&G. Do not release any that that you have caught.
Area webpage: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Region2/AREAS/RESBAY/AHPR2res.cfm
Salmon and trout identification pages: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/regulations/2001/html/pdfs/01ayksalmonid.pdf
River levels: http://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ahps.cgi?pacr
Lake stocking: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/Hatchery/Stocking_search/HTML/stock_search.cfm
Maps to stocked lakes: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Region2/LAKEMAPS/HTML/LAKEMAP1.stm
Southcentral informational handouts: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/region2/pubs.cfm
Safety in bear country: http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/hunt_trap/hunting/huntak/huntak14.cfm
Enforcement: http://www.dps.state.ak.us/fwp/index.asp
Regulations: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/reghome.cfm
Northern pike: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/region2/areas/anch/pikepage.cfm
OEO/ADA statement: http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/oeostate.php
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