Current through August 30, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in
5
AAC 56.122 or by an emergency order issued under
AS
16.05.060, the following are the general
seasons, bag, possession, annual, and size limits, and methods and means that
apply to sport fishing for finfish in the Kenai Peninsula Area:
(1) king salmon
(A) 20 inches or greater in length may not be
retained or possessed; the season is closed for king salmon 20 inches or
greater in length; a king salmon caught that is 20 inches or greater in length
must be released immediately; a person may not remove a king salmon from the
water before releasing the fish;
(B) less than 20 inches in length
(i) in flowing waters and unstocked lakes and
ponds, may not be retained or possessed; king salmon less than 20 inches in
length that are caught must be released immediately and returned to the water
unharmed; a person may not remove a king salmon from the water before releasing
the fish;
(ii) from January 1 -
December 31, may be taken in stocked lakes and ponds; bag and possession limit
of 10 fish; for the purpose of this sub-subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds"
means Arc Lake, Aurora Lake, Barbara Lake, Cabin Lake, Centennial Lake, Chugach
Estates Lake, Douglas Lake, Elephant Lake, Encelewski Lake, Island Lake, John
Hedberg Lake, Johnson Lake, Longmere Lake, Loon Lake, Rogue Lake, Scout Lake,
Sport Lake, Thetis Lake, Tirmore Lake, Troop Lake, and Upper Summit
Lake;
(2)
salmon, other than king salmon,
(A) 16 inches
or greater in length may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and
possession limit of three fish, of which only two may be coho salmon; if
retention of coho salmon is allowed under this chapter, a coho salmon 16 inches
or greater in length that is removed from the water must be retained and
becomes part of the bag limit of the person originally hooking it; a person may
not remove a coho salmon from the water before releasing the fish;
(B) less than 16 inches in length may be
taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of 10
fish;
(3) Arctic
char/Dolly Varden may be taken in
(A) flowing
waters from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of two fish; no
size limit;
(B) lakes and ponds
from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish; no size
limit;
(4)
rainbow/steelhead trout, as follows:
(A) may
be taken in flowing waters from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession
limit of two fish, of which only one may be 20 inches or greater in
length;
(B) may be taken in lakes
and ponds from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish,
of which only one may be 20 inches or greater in length;
(C) there is an annual limit of two fish 20
inches or greater in length, and a harvest record is required as specified in
5
AAC 75.006; notwithstanding the annual limit
established for rainbow/steelhead trout in this subparagraph, the annual limit
for rainbow/steelhead trout in the combined waters of the Kenai Peninsula Area
and in the other areas in the Cook Inlet region that are open to sport fishing
for rainbow/steelhead trout under 5 AAC 57 - 5 AAC 62 is two rainbow/steelhead
trout 20 inches or greater in length;
(5) Arctic grayling may be taken from January
1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish; no size
limit;
(6) lake trout
(A) 20 inches or greater in length may be
taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of two
fish;
(B) less than 20 inches in
length may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of
10 fish;
(8) burbot: may be taken
from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of two fish; no size
limit;
(9) other finfish not
specified in this section may be taken from January 1 - December 31; no bag,
possession, or size limits.
(10)
northern pike may be taken from January 1 - December 31; no bag, possession, or
size limits; northern pike may be taken in all waters of this section;
notwithstanding
5
AAC 75.065, a northern pike caught may not be released
back into the water alive.
Authority:AS
16.05.060
AS
16.05.251
