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Alaska Fishing Calendar
Are generally as follows:
BUT SUBJECT TO ADF&G REGULATIONS
May 1 - Sept 30 --- Halibut
May 1 - July 20 --- Saltwater Kings
May 1 - July 31 --- Kenai River Kings
May 25 - Sept 5 --- Chums
June 10 - Aug 15 -- Sockeye Salmon
June 15 - Oct 31 --- Rainbow Trout
Aug 15 - Sept 30 --- Silver Salmon
August on even years - Pink Salmon
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HOW TO IDENTIFY TROUT AND OTHER SPECIES FOUND IN ALASKA
Backcountry Taxidermy has compiled some necessary & interesting information (from Alaska Fish & Game and other sources) for successful fishing in our great state of Alaska. Check our Alaska Resources for guides / lodges & more.
RAINBOW TROUT
Green to bluish back with silvery to yellowish-green sides. Broad pinkish band along side and black spots on back, sides, and tail. Upper jaw usually does not extend past eye on adult.
CUTTHROAT TROUT
Yellowish-green body with no pinkish band along sides. Many black spots on back, sides, and tail. Upper jaw extends well past eye on adults. Red to orange slash on underside of lower jaw.
DOLLY VARDEN CHAR
Olive green to blue-gray back with silvery sides. Small yellow, red, or pink spots on sides. Pelvic and anal fins often have a white leading edge.
STEELHEAD
Sea-run rainbow trout with bluish gray back and bright silvery sides. Small black spots on back, sides, and tail. Pink/red coloration develops after returning to fresh water to spawn.
LAKE TROUT
Dark green to grayish back and light silvery sides with oval or irregular white to yellowish spots.
ARCTIC CHAR
Very difficult to distinguish from Dolly Varden. Arctic char are generally found in the Bristol Bay area and throughout western Alaska, and Dolly Varden are found on Kodiak Island, throughout the waters of southcentral and southeastern Alaska, and on the North Slope.
NORTHERN PIKE
Back and sides usually greenish with yellow-white spots. Head depressed forward with duck-like jaws containing many large, sharp teeth.
ARCTIC GRAYLING
Light brown to dark purple back, fading to bluish gray with black spots on sides. Very large dorsal fin with red and violet spots.
BURBOT
Slim brownish-black body with smooth skin. Flattened head with wide mouth and one barbel hanging from lower jaw.
SHEEFISH
The largest member of the whitefish family. Large jaws with the lower jaw overlapping the upper. Silvery sides with large silvery scales. Tail is deeply forked.
HALIBUT
Halibut are more elongated than most flatfishes, the width being about one-third the length. Small scales are imbedded in the skin. Halibut have both eyes on their dark or upper side.
The color on the dark side varies but tends to assume the coloration of the ocean bottom. The underside is lighter, appearing more like the sky from below. This color adaptation allows halibut to avoid detection by both prey and predator.
Sport fishing for halibut in Alaska is a very popular activity, with over 65 percent of the effort and harvest occurring in Kachemak Bay, Southeast
Alaska, the Kodiak area, and near the mouth of Deep Creek in Lower Cook Inlet.
Halibut taken by sport anglers are generally 15 to 20 pounds in weight; however, fish over 150 pounds are frequently caught.
LINGCOD
Lingcod aren't pretty. With 18 sharp teeth, wide jaws and the fishy version of a beer belly, they're not easy on the eyes. They aren't cod. They're the largest member of the greenling family, which also includes the kelp greenling and the Atka mackerel.
Lings are particularly aggressive defending their spawning beds, along with the prospect of catching a 30-pound-or-better is making them more susceptible to anglers.
Good Fishing Dan Lewis, Taxidermist
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