The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game:
2023 Changes to sport fishing regulations in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region
(Fairbanks) – The Alaska Board of Fisheries, at the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim meeting Jan. 14-18 in Anchorage, deliberated on 14 and adopted 8 bills that changed sport fishing regulations in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region. for the next fishing season. . The new regulations are summarized below:
- Drainage of the Tanana River area: In all waters except stocked lakes, a king salmon that is removed from the water must be retained and becomes part of the bag limit of the person who originally hooked the fish, and a person may not remove a king salmon from the water. water before releasing it. the fish.
- Chena River: The bag and possession limit for Arctic grayling is one fish, any size, with an open season from June 1 to March 31, except that a person 16 years of age or older may not fish for Arctic grayling in the river Chena downstream of the Chena River. ADF&G regulatory marker located 300 feet downstream of the Chena River Flood Control Structure (Chena River Dam) during the 8 days of designated youth fishing. These designated youth fishing days occur on 4 consecutive Saturdays and Sundays beginning on the third Saturday in June, which in 2023 is June 17.
- Fielding Lake: Removed the minimum length limit for lake trout of 26 inches or more, and the bag and possession limit for lake trout is 1 fish, with no size limit.
- Bathing Beauty, Bear, Moose and Polaris Lakes, Piledriver Slough and Moose Creek: Catch and release fishing is only permitted for all species in these waters, no game caught fish may be kept in these lakes.
- Water stored in the Tanana River area: Horseshoe Lake, Parks Hwy 285 Pond, Weigh Station #1 and #2 Pits, and Pyrite and Sansing Ponds add to the stored waters of the Tanana River area. Bathing Beauty Pond, Bear, Cather, Polaris and Moose Lakes, and Steese Hwy 28.8 Mile Pit are removed from the Tanana River area stored waters.
- Water stored in the Tanana River area: Lake trout are added as a stock species to the Tanana River area stockwater and management plan with a bag and possession limit of 2 lake trout in combination with the stock species limit of 10 fish, only one of which it can be 18 inches or more in length.
- Northern Norton Sound Arctic grayling: The bag and possession limit for Arctic grayling in the Northern Norton Sound drainages is 2 fish, with no size limit. In the Pilgrim and Snake Rivers, the bag and possession limit is 1 fish, with no size limit.
- Drainage of the Yukon River area: in all waters, a king salmon that is removed from the water must be retained and becomes part of the bag limit of the person who originally hooked the fish, and a person may not remove a king salmon from the water before releasing the fish.
These regulations will become effective with the release of the 2023 Summary of the North Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations. To find a preliminary summary of all actions taken at the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim meeting, see the Board of Alaskan fishing.
Any questions about these changes to sport fishing regulations in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region can be directed to Region III Sport Fishing Information Officer Tim Mowry at (907) 459-7346 or the Regional Management Coordinator for AYK, Klaus Wuttig, at (907) 459-7344 at the Fairbanks Fish and Game office.
