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King salmon trolling ends on slow note

King salmon trolling ends on slow note

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Aug 18, 2014 | ,

After an unprecedented two extensions, the summer king salmon season for trollers in Southeast is over. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game closed the fishery at 11:59 PM Monday, August 18 -- two days later than planned. The target for the three-day opener was 36,000 kings. But on day one it looked like trollers were bringing in about 12 fish per day. During the first opener of the season -- the first week of July -- trollers were landing about 50 kings per day. Read More
Summer king fishing opens with record hopes

Summer king fishing opens with record hopes

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Jun 30, 2014 | ,

If you’ve noticed a lot of empty slips in local harbors today, there’s a reason for that: Tuesday is the summer troll opening for king salmon -- and Southeast fishermen are looking at a record high target harvest -- 171,300 fish in two to three weeks of fishing. Read More
Trollers hit record in last week of winter fishing

Trollers hit record in last week of winter fishing

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 7, 2014 | ,

Salmon trollers shattered their one-week harvest record, as the winter fishery came to a close last week. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game reports that trollers landed a total of 55,000 kings between October and April, which is their best season since 2005. But it was that last week of April that re-wrote the record books. Read More
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