The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced the 2022 sport fishing regulations for chinook salmon (aka king salmon) in the Ketchikan vicinity. The following regulations are effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, February 3, 2022, through 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 31, 2023:

 

Ketchikan Vicinity (District 1 – See Map Below)

April 1 to June 14

• King salmon retention is prohibited, king salmon may not be retained or possessed; any king salmon caught must be released immediately and returned to the water unharmed.

June 15 to August 14

• The Alaska resident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length.
• The nonresident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length. The nonresident annual limit is three king salmon 28 inches or greater in length.
• Immediately upon landing and retaining a king salmon a nonresident must enter the species, date and location on the back of their sport fishing license or on a nontransferable harvest record.

Special Harvest Hatchery Openings

• It is anticipated that the Mountain Point hatchery area will be open for king salmon fishing June 1, 2022.

Map of 2022 Ketchikan King Salmon Fishing Area