But Fish and Game Sportfish Area Manager Colton Lipka said the run’s been underperforming. “When numbers didn’t improve through the weekend, we deemed it necessary to close the sport fishery ...

Fish and Game Sportfish Area Manager Colton Lipka said that, as of Sunday, only 72 large king salmon had passed through the sonar in Soldotna. That’s 200 fewer than the same time last year.

“This is the time when we should see a decent pulse come in,” area management biologist Colton Lipka said Wednesday. Dipnetters Wednesday reported good catch numbers, indicating the run could ...

Segments of the Upper Cook Inlet commercial sockeye fishery will again start with restrictions to limit the harvest of late-run Kenai kings. Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers issued an ...