Current through February 24, 2025
Unless otherwise specified by an emergency order issued under
AS
16.05.060, the following are localized
additions and exceptions to the general seasons, bag, possession, and size
limits, and methods and means specified in
5
AAC 61.110 for Unit 4 of the Susitna River Drainage
Area:
(1) from September 1 - July 13,
in all flowing waters, only unbaited, artificial lures may be used;
(2) from May 15 - July 13, in waters open to
sport fishing for king salmon, fishing is not allowed from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00
a.m.;
(3) the bag and possession
limit for salmon, other than king salmon, is three fish per day with six in
possession;
(4) the bag and
possession limit for king salmon 20 inches or greater in length is one per day
and two in possession; once a person has retained a king salmon 20 inches or
greater in length, a person may not sport fish for king salmon within a
one-mile radius of the confluence of the Talchulitna River and the Susitna
River for the remainder of that day;
(5) in the Canyon Creek drainage,
(A) in the flowing waters, only one unbaited,
single-hook, artificial lure may be used;
(B) rainbow/steelhead trout may not be
retained or possessed; rainbow/steelhead trout caught must be released
immediately and returned to the water unharmed;
(6) in the Fish Lake Creek drainage,
(A) after taking a king salmon 20 inches or
greater in length, a person may not sport fish for king salmon on that same
day;
(B) upstream of the first
lake, sport fishing for salmon is allowed only from January 1 - July
13;
(7) in the Lake
Creek drainage,
(A) from August 16 - May 14,
from an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 100 yards upstream of
its mouth to an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately one-quarter
mile upstream of Bulchitna Lake, only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial
lure may be used; in that same area from May 15 - July 13, only unbaited,
artificial lures may be used;
(B)
upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately one-quarter
mile upstream of Bulchitna Lake only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure
may be used;
(C) after taking and
retaining a king salmon 20 inches or greater in length, a person may not sport
fish for king salmon on that same day;
(D) from August 16 - June 14, from an
ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 100 yards upstream of its
mouth to an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately one-quarter mile
upstream of Bulchitna Lake, rainbow/steelhead trout may not be retained;
rainbow/steelhead trout caught must be released immediately, and returned to
the water unharmed;
(E) from June
15 - August 15, from an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 100
yards upstream of its mouth to an ADF&G regulatory marker located
approximately one-quarter mile upstream of Bulchitna Lake, the
rainbow/steelhead trout bag and possession limit is two fish of which only one
fish may be 20 inches or greater in length;
(F) upstream of an ADF&G regulatory
marker located approximately one-quarter mile upstream from Bulchitna Lake,
rainbow/steelhead trout may not be retained or possessed; rainbow/steelhead
trout caught must be released immediately and returned to the water
unharmed;
(8) in the
Peters Creek drainage upstream of an ADF&G regulatory marker located
approximately one mile upstream of its confluence with the Kahiltna River sport
fishing is closed for king salmon;
(9) the Talchulitna River drainage and all
waters within a three-quarter mile radius of its confluence with the Skwentna
River,
(A) in flowing waters only one
unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure may be used;
(B) rainbow/steelhead trout may not be
retained or possessed; rainbow/steelhead trout caught must be released
immediately and returned to the water unharmed;
Authority:AS
16.05.060
AS
16.05.251
