Chitina News

The first king salmon of the season were caught by subsistence fishermen in Nenana on Tuesday, which means some kings should be poking their noses into Chena and Salcha soon.

JOHN WAGNER / Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via The Associated Press / Byron Haley, the president-for-life of the Chitina Dipnetters Association, poses with a fishing net outside his Fairbanks home.

Attention dipnetters, once again we are on the short end of the dipnet. Today, by emergency order for the entire 2009 season, no king salmon can be kept as part of your Chitina dipnet bag limit.

BUILDING RUN: Chitina subdistrict will open monday for 156 hours. Anchorage Daily News sports@adn.com Published: May 27th, 2009 10:41 PM Last Modified: May 27th, 2009 10:41 PM Alaskans looking for something more than a single, feisty salmon tugging at the end of their fishing line have an opportunity to stock the freezer next week.

It's still early, but things are looking good for Chitina dip-netters. The first sonar counts of the season for Copper River salmon at Miles Lake were posted on Monday, and more than 3,500 salmon were reported past the sonar.

Federally qualified subsistence users can start dipping their nets in the Chitina subdistrict of the Copper River June 1. The fishery in the Upper Copper River District opens 8 p.m. that day and runs through June 7. Eight other openings are scheduled between June and October.

Attention dip-netters. If you want to keep your rights to dip net for salmon at Chitina in the Copper River, then please donate to our legal fund: Chitina Dipnetters, 1002 Pioneer Road, Fairbanks, AK 99701.

Re: "Chitina dip net harvest drops" . That may be the same sad story every year, unless the Board of Fisheries again classifies the Chitina dip net fisheries as "subsistence use." That's why the Chitina ...

As expected from the grumblings of disappointed dip-netters last summer, the salmon harvest in the Copper River personal-use fishery at Chitina was the lowest in almost 20 years.

A 43-year-old Chitina man associated with the Hell's Angels received 15 years in prison Thursday for fatally stabbing a man during a confrontation regarding stolen guns.

Frustrated by inaction from the state Board of Fisheries, the Chitina Dipnetters Association is taking its case to court.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is asking Chitina dip-netters who have not returned their 2008 harvest reports for the Copper River personal-use fishery to do so promptly.

Typical of the road composition and construction on the McCarthy Road, this shows why slow speeds and caution are recommended: twisty and slippery off the hard pan in the loose gravel.

The figure-eight knot. The bowline. The double fisherman's knot. They all have a couple of things in common.