Current through August 30, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in
5
AAC 60.122 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 waters of the Knik Arm Drainages
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 20 inches or greater in length that is caught
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) may not be retained or possessed in
flowing waters and unstocked lakes and ponds; 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) may be
taken in stocked lakes and ponds from January 1 - December 31; bag and
possession limit of 10 fish; for purposes of this sub-subparagraph "stocked
lakes and ponds" has the meaning given in (3)(B) of this
section;
(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 is three fish, of which no more than two per day and two in
possession 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) rainbow/steelhead trout
(A) are subject to an annual limit of two
fish 20 inches or greater in length, except that in stocked lakes, the annual
limit is 10 fish 20 inches or greater in length; 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 Knik Arm Drainages
Area and in the other areas in the Cook Inlet region that are open to sport
fishing for rainbow/steelhead trout under 5 AAC 56 - 5 AAC 62 is two
rainbow/steelhead trout 20 inches or greater in length, except that in stocked
lakes the annual limit is 10 rainbow/steelhead trout 20 inches or greater in
length;
(B) may be taken in stocked
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; for the purposes
of this subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds" include Anderson Lake, Barley
Lake, Bear Paw Lake, Bench Lake, Beverly Lake, Big Beaver Lake, Brocker Lake,
Bruce Lake, Buck Lake, Canoe Lake, Carpenter Lake, Coyote Lake, Dawn Lake,
Diamond Lake, Echo Lake (Matanuska Lakes Complex), Farmer Lake, Finger Lake,
Florence Lake, Golden Lake, Goober Lake, Homestead Lake, Honeybee Lake, Ida
Lake, Irene Lake, Kepler/Bradley Lakes, Kings Lake, Klaire Lake, Kalmbach Lake,
Knik Lake, Knob Lake, Lalen Lake, Leech Lake, Little Beaver Lake, Little Lonely
Lake, Loberg (Junction) Lake, Long Lake (MP 86 Glenn Hwy), Loon Lake, Lorraine
Lake, Lucile Lake, Lynne Lake, Marion Lake, Matanuska Lake, Meirs Lake, Memory
Lake, Morvro Lake, North Knob Lake, North Roily Lake, Prator Lake, Ravine Lake,
Reed Lake, Reflections Lake, Rhein Lake, Rocky Lake, Ruby Lake, Rush Lake,
Seventeenmile Lake, Seymour Lake, Slipper (Eska) Lake, South Roily Lake, Summit
Lake, Tanaina Lake, Twin Island Lake, Vera Lake, Victor Lake, Visnaw Lake,
Walby Lake, Weiner Lake, West Beaver Lake, Wolf Lake, and Zero Lake;
(C) may be taken in unstocked lakes and ponds
from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of two fish, of which
only one may be 20 inches or greater in length;
(D) in flowing waters north and west of the
Little Susitna River, April 15-June 14, no retention;
(4) Arctic char/Dolly Varden may be taken in
(A) flowing waters and unstocked lakes and
ponds from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish, of
which only one may be greater than 12 inches in length;
(B) stocked lakes and ponds from January 1 -
December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish; no size limit; for the
purpose of this subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds" has the meaning given
in (3)(B) of this section;
(5) Arctic grayling may be taken in
(A) flowing waters and unstocked lakes and
ponds from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of two fish; no
size limit;
(B) stocked lakes and
ponds from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish; no
size limit; for the purpose of this subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds" has
the meaning given in (3)(B) of this section;
(6) lake trout may be taken from January 1 -
December 31; bag and possession limit of two fish; no size limit;
(7) northern pike may be taken from January 1
- December 31; no bag, possession, or size limits; notwithstanding
5
AAC 75.065, a northern pike caught may not be released
back into the water alive; northern pike may be taken in
(A) all waters of this section by spear and
bow and arrow;
(B) all waters of
this section with two hooks per line when fishing through the ice and if both
hooks are attached to the same single piece of bait;
(C) all waters east of the Susitna River,
west of the Little Susitna River and south of the Enstar Gas Pipeline
right-of-way (Figure Eight area lakes), Anna Lake, Beaverhoose Lake, Cow Lake.
East Papoose Lake, Flathorn Lake, Gerry Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Hourglass Lake,
Loonsong Lake, Lynda Lake, Memory Lake, all Nancy Lake drainage lakes except
Nancy Lake, Prator Lake, Sevenmile Lake, Stephan Lake, West Beaver Lake, West
Horseshoe Lake, and West Papoose Lake with five lines through the ice;
allowable gear is limited to standard ice fishing gear as specified in
5
AAC 61.110(8)(B); fishing gear must
be closely attended as specified in
5
AAC 75.033; all other species of fish caught must be
released immediately;
(8)
burbot may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of
five fish; no size limit; in all waters, except those designated as special
management areas for rainbow trout in
5
AAC 60.185, bait may be used for burbot fishing only
if the gear specified in this paragraph is used; burbot may be taken with more
than one line and hook only if
(A) the
aggregate number of hooks does not exceed the daily bag limit for burbot in the
waters being fished;
(B) the hooks
are single hooks with a gap between the point and the shank at least
three-fourths of an inch or larger;
(C) each hook is set to rest on the bottom of
the lake or stream;
(D)
notwithstanding the 24-hour provision in
5
AAC 75.033, the angler remains with the fishing gear
at all times;
(9) other
finfish not specified in this subsection may be taken from January 1 - December
31; no bag, possession, or size limits.
Authority:AS
16.05.060
AS
16.05.251