08-14-2004, 11:22 PM
Prince William Sound Area
Fishing Report for August 10, 2004
[url "javascript:popup('pwsregs.cfm');"]Emergency Orders and Regulation Changes[/url] Salt Waters
Halibut [ul] [li]Consistent catches of halibut in the 80 - 120 lb. range are still coming in from Montague Strait and Hinchinbrook Entrance. [li]Also try fishing for halibut in shallow waters near the mouth of salmon streams. Halibut may be waiting for salmon carcasses to wash out of the stream. [li]The leader in the Valdez Halibut Derby is still a 310 pound halibut. A barndoor halibut weighed in at 340 pounds last week, but the angler didn't have a derby ticket.[/li][/ul]
Salmon [ul] [li]Silver salmon (coho) are the catch of the week! [li]Near Valdez, silver salmon are still being caught near Tongue Point and the Narrows. [li]Out of Whittier, good silver catches are reported by anglers trolling off Pigot Point and Culross Island. [li]Stream mouths at Knowles Head and on Montague Island have also produced silvers. [li]Silver fishing is still pretty slow for shore anglers at Allison Point and Whittier. [li]Hootches and green spoons are the hot lure. [/li][/ul]
Other salt water fishing [ul] [li]Lingcod fishing remains excellent. [li]Monster lingers in the 50-60 pound range are coming in from Seal Rocks. [li]The open Gulf waters by Wessels Reef have also been excellent. [li]The minimum size limit for lingcod is 35 inches, and the bag limit is 2 per day and 4 in possession.[/li][/ul]
Shellfish [ul] [li]Shrimp fishers continue to have only sporadic luck with shrimp this week.[/li][/ul] Fresh Waters
Salmon [ul] [li]Eyak River has a few silver salmon at the lake outlet as well as by the mouth of Ibeck Creek. [li]Ibeck Creek has cleared and should begin to pick up in the next week. [/li][/ul]
Resident Fish [ul] [li]Dolly Varden can be found in most streams with salmon runs. [li]Dolly Varden are often found in smaller pools or tail-outs where they avoid large schools of migrating silver salmon. [/li][/ul]
Fishing Report for August 10, 2004
[url "javascript:popup('pwsregs.cfm');"]Emergency Orders and Regulation Changes[/url] Salt Waters
Halibut [ul] [li]Consistent catches of halibut in the 80 - 120 lb. range are still coming in from Montague Strait and Hinchinbrook Entrance. [li]Also try fishing for halibut in shallow waters near the mouth of salmon streams. Halibut may be waiting for salmon carcasses to wash out of the stream. [li]The leader in the Valdez Halibut Derby is still a 310 pound halibut. A barndoor halibut weighed in at 340 pounds last week, but the angler didn't have a derby ticket.[/li][/ul]
Salmon [ul] [li]Silver salmon (coho) are the catch of the week! [li]Near Valdez, silver salmon are still being caught near Tongue Point and the Narrows. [li]Out of Whittier, good silver catches are reported by anglers trolling off Pigot Point and Culross Island. [li]Stream mouths at Knowles Head and on Montague Island have also produced silvers. [li]Silver fishing is still pretty slow for shore anglers at Allison Point and Whittier. [li]Hootches and green spoons are the hot lure. [/li][/ul]
Other salt water fishing [ul] [li]Lingcod fishing remains excellent. [li]Monster lingers in the 50-60 pound range are coming in from Seal Rocks. [li]The open Gulf waters by Wessels Reef have also been excellent. [li]The minimum size limit for lingcod is 35 inches, and the bag limit is 2 per day and 4 in possession.[/li][/ul]
Shellfish [ul] [li]Shrimp fishers continue to have only sporadic luck with shrimp this week.[/li][/ul] Fresh Waters
Salmon [ul] [li]Eyak River has a few silver salmon at the lake outlet as well as by the mouth of Ibeck Creek. [li]Ibeck Creek has cleared and should begin to pick up in the next week. [/li][/ul]
Resident Fish [ul] [li]Dolly Varden can be found in most streams with salmon runs. [li]Dolly Varden are often found in smaller pools or tail-outs where they avoid large schools of migrating silver salmon. [/li][/ul]