Ketchikan Fishing Report 9/11/06 to 9/17/06

The marine sport fishery in the Ketchikan area continues to be good for a few species. The twenty-first week of dockside surveys encountered a large number of anglers during sampling periods. Anglers on average spent 177 hours to catch a king salmon, 5 hours to catch a coho salmon, 192 hours to catch a pink salmon, 8 hours to catch a halibut and 4 hours to catch a rockfish. A few chum were also encountered during the dockside interviews.

Anglers interested in marine shoreline fishing should continue to look at Thomas Basin and Mt. Point for areas to catch salmon. Herring Cove Creek and the Special Harvest Area has been closed to sport fishing to protect the coho salmon milling within this area which serve as broodstock for the Whitman Lake hatchery. Anglers are reminded to check ADF&G;'s main web page for more details regarding in-season regulation changes under the Emergency Order icon. Inquires about in-season changes can also be addressed by calling the Sport Fish office at (907) 225-2859 or by dropping by the office at 2030 Sea Level Drive Suite 205 Ketchikan, Alaska.

The freshwater sport fishery in Ketchikan still continues to be dominated by fishing in Ward Creek and Ward Lake.Fishing has improved at these locations as rains have moved in and increased fish activity. Ketchikan Creek was opened to sport fishing on August 24 by emergency order. Anglers looking for additional trout fishing opportunities should consider Carlanna, Harriet Hunt, Upper and Lower Silvis and First or Second Waterfall Lakes. Anglers interested in remote trout fishing should consider Eagle, Wilson, McDonald, Reflection, Orchard, Ella, Manzanita and Humpback Lakes just to name a few. All anglers are reminded to check their regulation booklet prior to fishing in any area as regulations differ considerably between locations.

For more information please contact Kelly Reppert or Mike Wood

Catch Rates - Hours per Fish

Ketchikan	Chinook		Hours per fish
Week	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Ave 01-05	2006
4/24-4/30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/01-5/07	-	-	12	59	-	40	32	35
5/08-5/14	-	125	29	42	68	43	48	37
5/15-5/21	45	100	111	22	42	27	40	10
5/22-5/28	83	45	22	50	29	25	31	38
5/29-6/04	59	31	16	27	18	21	21	42
6/05-6/11	45	19	20	40	23	20	23	40
6/12-6/18	18	14	16	9	17	12	13	14
6/19-6/25	13	9	8	8	14	11	10	8
6/26-7/02	12	11	9	7	7	8	8	13
7/03-7/09	17	9	10	10	6	11	9	11
7/10-7/16	6	9	26	9	12	8	11	19
7/17-7/23	37	10	30	18	25	16	17	23
7/24-7/30	143	63	37	30	60	26	38	78
7/31-8/06	-	125	125	45	85	27	58	34
8/07-8/13	1000	500	125	143	63	29	74	40
8/14-8/20	-	250	167	111	357	59	129	53
8/21-8/27	500	167	500	200	84	152	159	61
8/28-9/03	-	250	500	333	233	93	207	55
9/04-9/10	-	500	333	500	238	238	325	123
9/11-9/17	-	-	500	333	357	196	388	177
9/18-9/24	-	333	-	125	500	714	347	81

Ketchikan	Halibut		Hours per fish
Week	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Ave 01-05	2006
4/24-4/30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/01-5/07	3	-	10	-	-	5	14	-
5/08-5/14	15	-	-	12	15	7	17	7
5/15-5/21	14	-	21	16	14	7	15	6
5/22-5/28	56	20	6	-	28	14	16	7
5/29-6/04	30	7	5	11	128	14	10	9
6/05-6/11	9	9	5	19	11	10	9	8
6/12-6/18	6	16	5	7	7	6	7	7
6/19-6/25	6	8	10	6	6	12	8	4
6/26-7/02	6	10	4	5	5	6	5	5
7/03-7/09	7	3	6	4	5	11	5	6
7/10-7/16	6	5	4	11	3	3	4	5
7/17-7/23	7	5	7	5	4	4	5	5
7/24-7/30	5	7	6	7	5	4	5	8
7/31-8/06	5	8	6	5	13	5	6	5
8/07-8/13	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	9
8/14-8/20	5	12	6	5	11	3	6	4
8/21-8/27	7	7	4	6	7	3	5	5
8/28-9/03	8	7	7	8	4	5	6	5
9/04-9/10	4	7	15	6	7	4	7	6
9/11-9/17	-	8	10	5	8	7	7	8
9/18-9/24	7	8	-	6	5	7	8	3

Ketchikan	Coho		Hours per fish
Week	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Ave 01-05	2006
4/24-4/30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/01-5/07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/08-5/14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/15-5/21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/22-5/28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/29-6/04	-	-	1000	1000	-	1111	1724	-
6/05-6/11	-	1000	1000	250	769	1667	633	-
6/12-6/18	250	1000	333	83	233	1000	235	1042
6/19-6/25	200	56	143	33	44	667	63	101
6/26-7/02	21	27	9	14	39	20	17	36
7/03-7/09	17	63	9	5	12	15	10	21
7/10-7/16	3	6	5	5	9	4	6	7
7/17-7/23	12	3	6	3	12	3	4	5
7/24-7/30	8	4	6	3	6	3	4	11
7/31-8/06	12	5	8	3	11	3	4	3
8/07-8/13	8	3	3	3	3	2	3	19
8/14-8/20	6	5	3	4	7	2	3	4
8/21-8/27	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	5
8/28-9/03	4	2	3	4	5	3	3	4
9/04-9/10	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3
9/11-9/17	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	5
9/18-9/24	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	4

Ketchikan	Pink		Hours per fish
Week	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Ave 01-05	2006
4/24-4/30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/01-5/07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/08-5/14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/15-5/21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/22-5/28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/29-6/04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6/05-6/11	500	-	-	-	5000	-	25000	-
6/12-6/18	500	1000	-	-	-	-	5000	-
6/19-6/25	167	77	-	29	370	1429	97	-
6/26-7/02	33	14	10	11	71	95	17	120
7/03-7/09	6	15	4	4	16	37	7	59
7/10-7/16	3	5	3	4	3	6	4	8
7/17-7/23	7	4	2	2	2	3	2	3
7/24-7/30	2	6	2	1	2	2	2	3
7/31-8/06	2	3	1	2	2	3	2	6
8/07-8/13	3	5	2	2	2	3	3	5
8/14-8/20	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	9
8/21-8/27	5	2	5	7	8	8	5	18
8/28-9/03	18	6	10	8	6	8	7	31
9/04-9/10	36	21	67	16	29	15	22	41
9/11-9/17	200	50	333	100	179	44	82	192
9/18-9/24	-	143	-	250	714	357	329	689

Ketchikan	Chum		Hours per fish
Week	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Ave 01-05	2006
4/24-4/30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/01-5/07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/08-5/14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5/15-5/21	-	-	-	200	-	-	1000	-
5/22-5/28	500	-	1000	1000	179	-	658	-
5/29-6/04	1000	-	-	1000	-	-	5000	-
6/05-6/11	1000	1000	-	143	769	5000	526	-
6/12-6/18	-	100	-	53	357	-	157	-
6/19-6/25	333	143	1000	67	182	667	167	455
6/26-7/02	71	21	143	53	82	526	57	31
7/03-7/09	11	63	42	21	29	54	36	176
7/10-7/16	9	14	45	26	21	93	26	43
7/17-7/23	6	13	28	26	30	61	25	20
7/24-7/30	18	36	26	83	18	52	33	261
7/31-8/06	67	29	77	59	13	43	31	330
8/07-8/13	91	29	143	50	68	76	56	1563
8/14-8/20	91	53	125	63	26	112	55	321
8/21-8/27	167	48	500	111	67	303	100	274
8/28-9/03	143	53	500	100	24	208	65	987
9/04-9/10	200	91	1000	91	40	204	94	297
9/11-9/17	500	200	500	200	147	1250	255	768
9/18-9/24	333	-	1000	333	164	2000	472	689