Kenai River
Species Period Available
King Salmon (Chinook) 1st run: mid-May - July
2nd run: early July - July 31 (season closure)
Red Salmon (Sockeye) 1st run: late May - mid June
2nd run: mid-July - early August
Silver Salmon (Coho) 1st run: late July - late August
2nd run: early September - October
Pink Salmon (Humpy) Late July - mid-August on even numbered years (peaks early August)
Rainbow/ Steelhead Trout June 15 - October 31 (consult regulations)
Dolly Varden Early July - September (peaks in August)
Year-round residence
Lake Trout Year-round (in lakes of the Kenai River system)
Smelt (Hooligan) Late April/ early May - June 15 (AK residents only)

Kasilof River
Species Period Available
King Salmon (Chinook) 1st run: late May - late June
2nd run: early July - July 31 (season closure)
Red Salmon (Sockeye) Late June - August
Silver Salmon (Coho) Late July - mid-September
Dolly Varden Early June - October
Rainbow/ Steelhead Trout Early August - November
Anchor River, Deep Creek & Ninilchik
King Salmon (Chinook) Late May - mid-June (consult regulations)
Silver Salmon (Coho) Late June - August
Dolly Varden Late July - mid-September
Ninilchik River
Rainbow/ Steelhead Trout Early August - November (catch and release only)
Area Marine Fishery
Red Salmon (Sockeye) Late June - early August

Kachemak Bay & Lower Cook Inlet Area
Species Period Available
King Salmon (Chinook) Entire year (open water trolling)
Halibut March - Late September
Homer Spit
King Salmon (Chinook) Mid-May - early July
Pink Salmon (Humpy) Late June - early August
Dolly Varden Mid-May - mid-July
Silver Salmon (Coho) Early August - mid-September
Halibut Cove Lagoon
King Salmon (Chinook) Late June - early July
Tutka Bay & Lagoon
Pink Salmon (Humpy) Late June - mid-August
China Poot Bay & Stream
Red Salmon (Sockeye) Early June - early August
Kachemak Bay Area Streams
Pink Salmon (Humpy) Late June - mid-August
Kachemak Bay
Shrimp year-round
Clams year-round
Seldovia Bay
King Salmon (Chinook) Late May - mid-July
Pink Salmon (Humpy) June - August
Silver Salmon (Coho) June - August

Russian River & Cooper Landing
Species Period Available
Red Salmon (Sockeye) June 1 - August 20
Silver Salmon (Coho) Late July, early August
Pink Salmon (Humpy) Late July, early August




Estimated Kenai River reds:
  • Monday: 9,918
  • Wednesday: 6,442
  • So Far: 1,384,587
Russian River Reds weir count:
  • Wednesday: 1,146
  • So Far: 99,992
Estimated Kasilof River reds:
  • Final Count: 577,489
Information provided by Alaska Department of Fish and Game







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