Alaska Salmon Fishing Seasons and Run Charts

Before scheduling your Alaskan fishing trip with the Alaska fishing lodge and fishing guide of your choice, you should check the seasons and salmon run timing on this web site or give your guide and lodge a call.. Salmon run timing varies from year to year but in general is fairly consistent. Also, make sure you check with your fishing lodge or fishing guide whether the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has any season closures and that your Alaskan fishing trip is scheduled when the season is open for the species of salmon, or other fish you are targeting.

Alaska Salmon Run Timing
Northern and West Cook Inlet, Palmer,
Wasilla, Talkeetna rivers and streams.

Deshka River King Salmon Lower: Late May through late June. Upper: Early June through season close in mid-July.
Silver Salmon Lower: Mid-July through early August. Upper: Late July through early September.

Alexander Creek King Salmon Late May through third week of June.
Silver Salmon Mid-July through August.

Parks Highway streams: Willow Creek, Little Willow Creek, Caswell Creek, Sheep Creek, Goose Creek, Montana Creek,
Kashwitna River, Sunshine Creek.
King Salmon Late May through early July.
Silver Salmon Early August through mid-September.

Susitna River streams King Salmon Early June through late June.
Red Salmon Mid-July through mid-August, but not very abundant in this area.
Silver Salmon Late July through mid-August.
Pink Salmon Early July through mid-August, greatest abundance on even-numbered years.
Chum Salmon Mid-July through mid-August, but not very abundant in this area.

Lake Creek (Yentna River) King Salmon Early June through early July.
Silver Salmon Early August through late August / early September.

Talachulitna River King Salmon Lower: June. Upper: mid-June through season close in mid-July.
Silver Salmon Lower: August. Upper: mid-August through mid-September.

Talkeetna River King Salmon Mid-June through season closure in mid-July.
Silver Salmon Early August through September

Little Susitna River King Salmon Lower: Late May through late June. Upper: mid-June through season close in mid-July.
Silver Salmon Lower: Mid-July through mid-August. Upper: early August through early September.
Red Salmon Mid-July through early August.

Western Cook Inlet drainages: Chuitna River, Beluga River, Theodore River, Lewis River, McArthur River, Kustatan River
King Salmon Late May through season close in late June.
Silver Salmon Mid-July through early September.

Also, read more on Kenai River fishing information >>>

LINKS OF INTEREST:

Alaska State Fishing License Online Applications,
CLICK HERE

Sport Fishing Regulations
are available in five different booklets, each covering one of the 5 different areas of the state. These booklets are available widely in the state.
You can obtain copies by mail from the regulations order page on the
ADF&G regulations website.

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ALASKA FUN FACTS:

Alaska has 6,640 miles of coastline and, including islands, has 33,904 miles of shoreline.

Origin of Name: Russian version of an Aleutian word, Alakahak, for "peninsula," "great lands," or "land that is not an island"

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in October 1867 for 7.2 million dollars, or two cents per acre. Many Americans thought this was a waste of money and called Alaska "Seward’s Folly," after Secretary of State William H. Seward who arranged the purchase.

Alaska longest river, the Yukon, runs about 2,300 Miles, 1,400 in Alaska and 900 in Canada.
There are more than 3,000 rivers in Alaska and over 3 million lakes.
The largest, Lake Iliamna, encompasses over 1,000 square miles.

Each year Alaska has approximately 5,000 earthquakes, including 1,000 that measure above 3.5 on the Richter scale. Of the ten strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the world, three have occurred in Alaska.

Of the nation's 20 highest mountains, 17 are in Alaska. Mount McKinley ( 20,320 feet ) in the Alaska Range
is the highest in North America.

The National Park Service oversees more than 50 million acres of Alaska land. Six million-acre
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On March 27, 1964, North America’s strongest recorded earthquake, magnitude 9.2 on the Richter scale, rocked central Alaska.

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