Fish Creek Fishery Will Open On August 9; Sockeye Limits Increased

The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game:

Fish Creek Sport Fishery Opens August 9 with Increased Sockeye Salmon Limits

(Palmer) – Due to a strong return of sockeye salmon to Fish Creek, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is increasing the bag and possession limits for salmon, other than king salmon, to six per day, six in possession of which only two may be coho salmon in all waters of Fish Creek within a one-quarter mile radius of its confluence with Knik Arm, upstream to an ADF&G regulatory marker located one-quarter mile upstream from the Knik-Goose Bay Road effective 5:00 a.m. Saturday, August 9 through 10:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025. Sport fishing in Fish Creek will be open seven days per week from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day.

Background limits (three salmon over 16 inches per day and in possession, of which only two may be coho salmon), resume beginning 5:00 a.m. Sunday, August 17 after this emergency order expires.

After taking a bag limit of salmon, a person may not sport fish that same day in any waters open to salmon fishing. Bait and multiple hooks (meaning no more than two single hooks or two treble hooks per line) are permitted in this fishery.

“This year’s sockeye run to Fish Creek is strong,” stated Area Management Biologist Samantha Oslund. “Many more sockeye are expected to migrate up Fish Creek. This is a great opportunity for sport anglers to catch and harvest these fish with hook and line.”

Other Knik Arm waters, including the Little Susitna River, Eklutna Tailrace, Jim, Wasilla and Cottonwood Creeks are unaffected by this emergency order.

For additional information, please contact Area Management Biologist Samantha Oslund at
(907) 746-6300.