Alaska Outdoor Digest

The source for important, timely news on hunting, fishing and the outdoors in Alaska.

No bait or multiple hooks on Kenai until Aug. 15
Limit to protect kings applies to all fishermen In an effort to protect a terribly low late run of Kenai river king salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is prohibiting the use of bait and multiple hooks in the Kenai River from its mouth upstream to... Read more
Kenai dip netting opens July 10 but no kings may be kept
The popular personal use dipnet fishery on the lower Kenai opens July 10, but any king salmon that winds up in the nets must be released, per a new ADF&G order. It’s the latest attempt to protect every returning king salmon for the river’s struggling king run, which is... Read more
Update: Kenai now closed to king fishing
Given the low returns so far this year, it’s not a surprise that ADF&G has now closed all sport fishing for king salmon on the Kenai River until July on the lower river, for the year on the upper river. Anglers fishing the Kenai have had decent success despite... Read more
Kenai king salmon forecast down significantly for 2018
ADF&G says run falls within escapement goals Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting Kenai king salmon runs to be down markedly from summer’s very encouraging runs, the best in at least a decade on the most popular salmon fishery in Alaska. The department report cautioned that a... Read more