Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 61 - Susitna River Drainage Area
5 AAC 61.110 - General provisions for seasons, bag, possession, annual, and size limits, and methods and means for the Susitna River Drainage Area

(A) 20 inches or greater in length may be taken only from January 1 - July 13; bag and possession limit is one fish; except as provided in (b) of this section, there is an annual limit of five king salmon 20 inches or greater in length and a harvest record is required, as specified in 5 AAC 75.006; a king salmon 20 inches or greater in length removed from the water shall be retained and becomes part of the bag limit of the person originally hooking it; a person may not remove a king salmon from the water before releasing the fish;

(B) less than 20 inches in length

(A) 16 inches or greater in length may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit for chum, sockeye. and coho salmon is three fish, of which no more than two per day, 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 that originally hooked it; a person may not remove a coho salmon from the water before releasing the fish; the commissioner may by emergency order increase or decrease the bag and possession limit for coho salmon based on abundance indices;

(B) 16 inches or greater in length may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit for pink salmon is six fish;

(C) less than 16 inches in length may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of 10 fish;

(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;

(B) may be taken in flowing waters from June 15 - April 14; bag and possession limit of two fish, of which only one may be 20 inches or greater in length;

(C) may not be retained or possessed in flowing waters from April 15 - June 14;

(D) 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; the annual limit for rainbow/steelhead trout 20 inches or greater in length is 10 fish, and a harvest record is required as specified in 5 AAC 75.006; for the purposes of this subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds" include Benka Lake, Christiansen Lake, Crystal Lake, Gate Lake, Kashwitna Lake, North Friend Lake, South Friend Lake, Tigger Lake, West Sunshine Lake, Willow Lake, Y Lake, Mile 180 Lake (Broad Pass Lake), and Peggy Lake;

(E) 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;

(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 purposes of this subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds" has the meaning given in (3)(D) of this section;

(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 purposes of this subparagraph, "stocked lakes and ponds" has the meaning given in (3)(D) of this section;

(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) in all flowing waters of the Susitna and Yentna Rivers, each line is closely attended by the angler as specified in 5 AAC 75.033;

(A) all lakes by spear and bow and arrow;

(B) all lakes, with two hooks per line when fishing through the ice and if both hooks are attached to the same single piece of bait;

(C) Alexander Creek, Bulchitna Lake, Eightmile Lake, Fish Creek (lower Susitna River drainage), Fish Creek (Kroto Slough), Indian Creek, Witsoe Creek, and in Alexander Lake, Amber Lake, Crystal Lake, Donkey Lake, Fish Lakes, Hewitt Lake, Kroto Lakes, Lady Slipper Lake, Little Bulchitna Lake, Lockwood Lakes, Long Lake, Neil Lake, No Name (Cabin) Lake, Onestone Lakes, Parker Lake, Scotty Lake, Shell Lake, Shirley Lake, Sucker Lake, Trail Lake, Trapper Lake, Upper and Lower Vern Lakes, Whitsol Lake, and Whiskey 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;