The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this week that the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery will be open 24 hours through July 31.
On Wednesday, the department reported that 191,328 sockeye salmon were counted in the river via sonar, a major jump from the 30,725 counted the day before. As of Thursday, the Kenai River cumulative sockeye count for 2024 has reached 596,845, with nearly a third reaching the river on Wednesday alone.
The late run of reds is red-hot, and not just on the Peninsula. Fish Creek personal use dipnet fishery in the Mat-Su will open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. from July 20-31. The sustainable escapement goal of Fish Creek sockeye salmon is 15,000 to 45,000. The cumulative total was 12,000 as of Wednesday, with more than 3,000 per day from July 14-16. Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon permit harvest and participation must be reported no later than August 31.”Silvers come at the end of August, even though we’ve had a few runs of silvers showing up in places like Ship Creek and the Eklutna Tailrace already,” Zonneville said.
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