NOME ROADSIDE FISHING GUIDE

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Nome’s Roads: an Introduction Fishes of the Nome Area Bob Blodgett Nome-Teller Highway Nome-Taylor Road Nome-Council Road Management 1 Map 3 8 11 PLEASE NOTE: 14 17 Before sport fishing in Nome area waters, please be sure to consult the current year’s “Region III: Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim & Upper Copper/Upper Susitna River Fishing Regulations Summary.” You will find fishing regulations for the Nome area in the “Northwestern Drainages” section of the regulation booklet.

REMEMBER: Just because a fish is listed as present in a particular Nome area waterway in this booklet does not mean it is legal to fish for that species. ALWAYS CONSULT CURRENT REGULATIONS

2 SPORT FISHING ALONG THE NOME ROAD SYSTEM

Nome’s road system is unique in You may wish to pursue other and a great diversity of birds rural Alaska and affords access outdoor recreational activities in may be found along Nome area to a number of rivers that the Nome area. Hikers, roadways. 3 provide excellent opportunities campers, backpackers, wildlife 8 to catch a variety of fish species. 1 1 The Nome area is known for its 4 large Arctic grayling and the 7 multitude of waters available to the road bound angler.

The roads are open seasonally and in some years are not passable over their entire length until July. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities in Nome, phone (907) 443-3444, can provide a summary of current road conditions.

Refer to the section in this watchers, and birders will find Check with the Alaska publication, “Fishes of the Nome many prime locations along Department of Fish and Game Area”, for seasonal availability Nome’s road system. (ADFG), the Bureau of Land of sport fish in Nome area Management, and the Nome streams. Opportunities to view spawning Visitor’s Bureau about areas of salmon and other wildlife such as interest and information on musk-ox, reindeer, moose, bear, recent wildlife sitings.

3 Access: Please respect private land. Do Niukluk River at Council. For a Much of the land adjacent to not litter. Pack out everything complete list of traditional ford rivers and streams is privately you pack in. Clean up after locations, contact the owned. The Sitnasauk Native others. The way you treat the Department of Natural Corporation and the Alaska land may influence your ability Resources, Office of Habitat Gold Company own much of the to use it in the future. Management and Permitting land near Nome. In addition, (907) 459-7289. various village corporations own Vehicles in Streams: most of the land near their It is illegal to drive a motorized Seasons and bag limits: villages and there are many land vehicle (4x4 truck, ATV, Currently, sport fishing is open private mining claims in the area. etc.) in a salmon spawning year round. Seasons and bag The State of Alaska owns the stream. This includes all the limits are subject to change, so water and the floodplain of rivers streams on the Nome road check the current regulations up to the ordinary high water before you start sport fishing. mark and these areas are available for public use. Regulations and fishing licenses are available at the Country The ability to legally access Store, the Alaska Commercial waters in the Nome area without Store, Nome Outfitters, the trespassing is complex and Nome ADFG office, and on line beyond the scope of this at: booklet. To date, trespass for www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/ the purpose of accessing state statewide/licpermit.cfm fish and wildlife resources in the Nome area has not been a For changes to regulations problem, but users of the land system. There are, however, a or for current emergency are doing so at the courtesy of number of “traditional fords” in orders that may be in effect, the land owners. the Nome area where it is legal to check with ADFG or visit: cross a stream with a vehicle. An www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/ example of a legal ford is the statewideEONR/index.cfm

4 FISHES OF THE NOME AREA

Females may contain 8,000 eggs. Chinook salmon (also Runs to western Alaskan waters called “king salmon”) Young fish emerge from the have been weak and all the rivers Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, occur streambed the following June in the Nome Sub-district are in small numbers in many Seward and usually remain in freshwater closed to sport fishing for chum for two years before traveling to salmon (check the regulations). It sea. They spend three to five years at sea before returning to spawn.

Chum salmon (also called “dog salmon”) Oncorhynchus keta, are common in almost all Norton Sound drainages including most road accessible waters. Peninsula rivers with largest runs Adults usually ascend streams in in southern Norton Sound early to mid July and spawn in streams. The only rivers with August. “real runs” of Chinook that are accessible from the road system Young fish emerge from the are the Fish, Niukluk and Pilgrim streambed the following June rivers, but even here the run sizes and travel directly to salt water are only a few hundred fish. where they remain for three to is likely that sport fishing for five years before returning to chum will reopen when runs Adults ascend rivers in June to their home river to spawn. increase. spawn in July or early August.

5 they return to spawn. The entire (also called Fishes of the Nome Area Pink salmon life cycle is completed in two Continued... “humpies”) Oncorhynchus years. gorbuscha, are the most common (also Sockeye salmon salmon in road accessible waters. (also called called “red salmon”) They spawn in almost all Seward Coho salmon “silver salmon”) Oncorhynchus Oncorhynchus nerka, occur on the Peninsula streams. They are the kisutch, spawn in most Seward smallest salmon, averageing two Peninsula waters. Adult coho to four pounds in Seward enter Nome area streams from Peninsula waters. late July through mid September with runs peaking during the latter half of August. Spawning occurs from mid September Seward Peninsula in sizable through October. Young coho numbers only in the Pilgrim and emerge from the streambed the Sinuk rivers, where they spawn in Salmon Lake and Glacial Lake. They ascend to the lakes during late June through early August Stronger runs occur in even and spawn during July and numbered years when runs can August. Young fish emerge the be eight to ten times larger than following spring and usually runs in odd numbered years. spend one or two years rearing in the lake before migrating to sea. Pink salmon enter streams from following spring and remain in They remain at sea for two to late June through early July and freshwater to rear for one or two three years before returning to spawn in July or August. Young years. They move to salt water their home river or lake to fish emerge from the streambed in the spring where they remain spawn. Small numbers of the following spring and travel for only one year before sockeye occur in most Seward directly to sea where they returning as adults to spawn at Peninsula rivers. remain until the next year when three to four years of age.

6 mammals. In the Nome area, streambed the following spring. Fishes of the Nome Area Arctic grayling grow rapidly Young fish rear in freshwater Continued... until becoming mature and may from two to five years before reach 17 inches in length by age first migrating to sea at about six Arctic grayling Thymallus seven or eight. Nome area inches in length. They make arcticus, occur in most Seward grayling may live for 30 years annual spring migrations to feed Peninsula rivers. They are a and reach a large size. Because in salt water, and return to fresh most populations are composed water each fall where they remain of a high proportion of old, until the following spring. Dolly large fish, they can easily be Varden make two to four annual over-fished, and do not recover migrations between fresh and salt quickly. This is why the bag water before returning to their limits restrict the harvest of large home river to spawn. Some may (spawning-sized) grayling in all remain in a river all summer (not easily accessible waters. traveling to sea) during the year freshwater species although they in which they will spawn, but are sometimes found in brackish Dolly Varden Salvelinus most spend some time at sea each water lagoons. Grayling spawn malma (often confused with year. Unlike Pacific salmon, in the spring and young emerge Arctic char), are locally called Dolly Varden do not die after from the streambed after two to “trout” and occur in most spawning and can survive to four weeks, depending on water spawn several times. temperature. Fish live in the Prespawning Dolly Varden stream for five to seven years usually enter fresh water during before maturing to spawn for the late July or early August while first time and usually spawn nonspawners may return to fresh annually thereafter. Arctic water any time from late August grayling feed primarily on to mid November. drifting stream insects and Seward Peninsula rivers. They sometimes eat small fish, eggs of spawn in September or October other fish, and even small and young fish emerge from the

7 Northern pike spawn in the Lota lota occur in Fishes of the Nome Area Burbot spring in shallow weedy margins many Seward Peninsula waters. Continued... of sloughs and lakes. Young They are predators that feed pike are free swimming within Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus occur only in some small lakes in two weeks and feed on insects the Kigluaik Mountains north of until they are large enough to eat Nome, and are not present in small fish. Pike are predators streams accessible from the that primarily eat other fish but Nome road system. have been known to eat muskrats, voles, and small ducks. Northern pike Esox lucius Pike can grow to over 20 pounds almost exclusively on other fish. occur in the lower Pilgrim and in Seward Peninsula waters and Burbot spawn during the late Kuzitrin rivers, other drainages may live for more than 20 years. winter and are usually found in the lower reaches of rivers, however, they are sometimes seen curled around rocks in fairly rapid areas. Little is known about the population of Imuruk Basin, and in the Fish status or River. Pike are freshwater biology of residents that sometimes enter burbot on the slightly brackish water. They Seward are usually found in slower Peninsula. moving waters and backwater sloughs of rivers or in lakes.

8 Least cisco, Coregonus inches in length, and are aquatic insects and are sometimes sardinella, is a relatively small occasionally caught while sport caught while fishing for Arctic fishing. The general life history of humpback whitefish is similar to that of least cisco.

Broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus, are present in the same grayling. Round whitefish spawn whitefish that occurs in Imuruk waters as humpback whitefish, in late fall. Basin drainages, Salmon Lake, can reach a larger size, and are Safety Sound, and the Fish River prized as a food fish in some system. Least cisco feed on areas. Broad whitefish are Bering cisco, Coregonus plankton and spawn in the middle seldom caught while sport laurettae, are anadromous fish reaches of rivers during late fall. that travel to the sea for several Young emerge in the spring and years and are sometimes found in drift to the lower reaches of brackish water lagoons. Bering rivers where they spend most of cisco are not known to spawn in their lives in sloughs and lakes. any rivers on the Seward Peninsula and the fish that occur Humpback whitefish, fishing. The general life history Coregonus pidscian, are present in of broad whitefish is similar to the Pilgrim, Kuzitrin, and Fish that of humpback whitefish. rivers. They feed on small clams and snails, can reach about 24 Round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, are present in most here may be part of the Seward Peninsula rivers. They anadromous population that inhabit the same habitats as spawns in the Yukon River. Arctic grayling. Round whitefish feed primarily on small,

9 BOB BLODGETT NOME-TELLER HIGHWAY

year round residents that inhabit during early spring and during The Bob Blodgett the entire drainage, but the the fall, although some may be Nome-Teller Highway, overall population is not large. present year round. A few also known as the Nome-Teller The grayling population is burbot also inhabit the Snake Road or the Teller Road, begins managed to maintain the River. The Snake River is closed in Nome and roughly parallels spawning stock, and because the to sport fishing for chum salmon. the southern coastline of the population is small, there are Seward Peninsula for 72 miles to restrictive bag limits. Check the Teller. It crosses a number of fishing regulations. Dolly rivers that drain the south side of Varden are usually available the Kigluaik Mountains and enter directly into the Bering Sea.

The Snake River: The Nome-Teller Road crosses the Snake River via a bridge at mile 7.9 from which the river is accessible by foot, raft, or canoe. The upper river is also accessible from the Glacier Creek Road. Boat access is available to the lower river from a launch area near the Nome Port facility. Chum, pink, and coho salmon run seasonally in the Snake River. Arctic grayling are

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Penny River: The Penny River is a small clear water stream that is crossed by the Nome-Teller Road via a bridge at mile 13.2. The river supports small spawning populations of Dolly Varden, chum, pink, and coho salmon. There is a healthy population of small resident Dolly Varden in this stream. Fishing success varies with run timing. The Penny River is closed to sport fishing for chum salmon.

Cripple River: be present in very small contains spawning populations The Cripple River is crossed by numbers. The Cripple River is of Dolly Varden, Chinook, a bridge at mile 20.3 and is closed to sport fishing for chum chum, pink, sockeye, and coho somewhat larger than the Penny salmon. salmon. The river is navigable River. It contains the same by jet boat from the bridge species. Fishing for Dolly Sinuk River: downstream, and accessible by Varden is usually good in the The Sinuk River is the largest foot upstream and downstream fall, and pink salmon fishing can river along the Nome-Teller of the bridge. The Sinuk River be good along its lower reaches. Road, and is crossed by a bridge produces large Arctic grayling Arctic grayling have not been at 26.7 mile. In addition to and is closed to sport fishing for documented in this river, but may resident Arctic grayling, the river chum salmon.

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Feather River: The Feather River is crossed by the Nome-Teller Road at mile 37.4. This narrow, clear stream contains small populations of Arctic grayling, anadromous and small resident Dolly Varden, and chum, pink and coho salmon. Access is by foot from a pullout near the bridge.

Tisuk River: The Tisuk River is crossed at mile 48 of the Nome-Teller Road and contains small populations of anadromous Dolly Varden, chum, pink, and coho salmon. A healthy population of small resident Dolly Varden inhabit this river system. Access is by Bluestone River: Dolly Varden, chum, pink, and foot from the road near the The Bluestone River is crossed coho salmon. Access is by foot bridge. at mile 58.1 by the Nome-Teller from the bridge. Road, and parallels the road for some distance. Although populations are small, species present include Arctic grayling,

12 THE NOME TAYLOR ROAD Salmon Lake. A campground, road extends another eighteen The Nome-Taylor courtesy of the Bureau of Land miles and crosses the Kougarok also known as the Road, Management, is located at the River which is the limit of travel Kougarok Road, begins in Nome outlet of Salmon Lake at the for two wheel drive vehicles. via either the Beam Road or the source of the Pilgrim River. The Anvil Mountain Bypass. Both road parallels the upper Pilgrim The Nome River: meet near Dexter about eight River which is visible at various The Nome River is crossed by a miles from Nome and continue distances from the road. After bridge at mile 13 and is accessible north along the Nome River crossing the Pilgrim River at mile at Osborne, Dexter, and at many upstream to its source. The road 65, it continues for about three locations along the 20 mile then crosses a low pass to miles to the Kuzitrin River. The distance paralleled by the road. Because of the good access, this is one of the most heavily fished rivers in the Nome area. It contains a small population of resident Arctic grayling, and anadromous populations of Dolly Varden, and chum, pink, and coho salmon. A few Chinook and sockeye spawn annually in the Nome River. Arctic grayling and chum salmon populations are currently depressed and the river is closed to fishing for these species.

13 lake contains Arctic grayling, The Nome-Taylor Road anadromous Dolly Varden, least Continued... cisco, round whitefish, and a few burbot. Sockeye salmon spawn The Grand Central in the lake, however, sport River: fishing for all salmon is The Grand Central River is prohibited in Salmon Lake. located 35 miles north of Nome on the Kougarok Road. It flows Pilgrim River: for about ten miles from its The Kougarok Road parallels the headwaters to Salmon Lake and Pilgrim River for 19 miles from is accessible by foot from a Salmon Lake to the bridge at pullout near the bridge about mile 65. The road is usually one mile from the lake. some distance from the river, and Anadromous Dolly Varden access is available only in a few spawn in this river and Arctic locations. You can access the grayling are sometimes present. source of the river at the BLM Coho and sockeye salmon also campground at the outlet of spawn in the Grand Central Salmon Lake. Rafts or canoes River, but fishing for salmon is may be launched for a float of prohibited. The river supports a the upper river from the outlet population of small resident of Salmon Lake to the road Dolly Varden in its headwaters crossing. Boats may be launched and Arctic char inhabit Crater shore for about 8 miles with just downstream from the bridge, Lake about seven miles upstream small spur roads providing lake and the river is navigable from from the bridge. access. The best access is at the the bridge downstream to Imruk lake outlet, the source of the Basin (about 34 river miles). The Salmon Lake: Pilgrim River, where the Bureau lower Pilgrim River has The Kougarok Road parallels of Land Management maintains a numerous sloughs and lakes that Salmon Lake’s northwestern campground picnic area. The provide fishing for northern

14 River. The Pilgrim bridge at mile 86. This is the River is one of the functional limit of travel on this few waters road, although 4-wheel drive accessible from the vehicles may travel farther. The road system where Kougarok River contains sport fishing for populations of resident Arctic chum salmon is grayling and anadromous Dolly allowed. Varden. This river may be floated from the bridge Kuzitrin River: downstream to the Kuzitrin River The Kuzitin River is road crossing, but the river is crossed by the road shallow and slow moving. pike. Access is also possible by at mile 68 and is navigable by jet foot upstream and downstream boat both upstream and from the bridge. Fish species downstream from the bridge. present in the Pilgrim River The river is about the same size include year-round resident as the Pilgrim River but is very Arctic grayling, whitefish, shallow and contains the same burbot, and northern pike, species. Northern pike are anadromous Dolly Varden, present upstream and chinook, sockeye, chum, pink, downstream from the bridge, and coho salmon. Fishing varies and large numbers of whitefish with the run timing of the various and longnose suckers reside in species. Sockeye abundance has this slower moving river. increased in recent years, however the abundance of Arctic Kougarok River: grayling is relatively low, and a Past the bridge over the Kuzitrin more restrictive bag limit of two River, the Kougarok Road per day with only one over 15 parallels the Kougarok River inches is in place on the Pilgrim eventually crossing it via a

15 THE NOME- COUNCIL ROAD

Nome River Mouth: The Nome-Council Road crosses the Nome River just upstream from the lagoon about three miles east of Nome. There is access to the mouth of the river about one half mile west of the bridge, and also through Fort Davis, a historic military outpost located on the Bering Sea coast just east of the Nome River mouth. Fishing near the mouth of the river is primarily for anadromous salmon and Dolly Varden, although starry flounder the beach berm separating can also be taken there. A pull The Nome-Council Safety Sound from the sea. The out near the bridge provides Road, also known as the road then turns inland along the access to the immediate vicinity, Council Road, begins at Nome Solomon River and follows the and a small road about 1/8- mile and stretches for about 68 miles East Fork of the Solomon River past the bridge provides access to to the old mining town of over Skookum Pass down into a popular upriver pool. This Council located on the north the Fox River drainage before gated road also leads to the VOR bank of the Niukluk River. The ending on the south bank of the aircraft navigational aid and is road parallels about 35 miles of Niukluk River at Council. sometimes closed. The Nome Norton Sound coastline along River is closed to sport fishing for Arctic grayling and chum salmon.

16 Safety Sound to access the Dolly Varden and chum, pink, The Nome-Council Rd. Bonanza, Flambeau, and and coho salmon which are Continued... Eldorado rivers. seasonally available to anglers. A few resident Arctic grayling Safety Sound and are present, but grayling Bonanza Channel: fishing is prohibited because The road crosses the outlet of of the very small population. Safety Sound at mile 22 and The Solomon River is also continues along the barrier spit closed to sport fishing for for another 11 miles before chum salmon. turning inland and crossing Bonanza Channel. Pink salmon Fox River: and Dolly Varden are sometimes As the Nome-Council Road taken near the outlet of Safety descends Skookum Pass, it Sound and along the inland side crosses the Fox River after of the spit. Burbot and whitefish following it for about ten also occur here. In the fall this is miles. This small tributary to a popular fishing area for saffron the Fish River offers the cod. Boats may be launched in opportunity to catch Arctic grayling and chum, pink, and coho salmon. Solomon River: The Nome-Council Road parallels the Solomon River between miles 40 and 50 before ascending Skookum Pass along the river’s East Fork. The Solomon River contains populations of anadromous

17 navigable by jet boat in both The Nome-Council RD directions. In addition, the Continued... Niukluk River provides access to the Fish River which may be Bear River: Just a few miles from Council, traveled for many miles and the road crosses the Bear River provides access to fishing in its which is a tributary to the mainstem as well as its many Niukluk River. This small creek tributary streams. The Fish contains Arctic grayling and River also provides access to the some salmon in its lower reaches. village of White Mountain about 15 miles downstream from Niukluk River: the mouth of the Niukluk. Fish The Nome-Council Road ends species present in these rivers on the south bank of the include resident Arctic grayling, Niukluk River at the historic burbot, whitefish, and northern mining town of Council. Boats pike, and anadromous Dolly may be launched from a gravel Varden, Chinook, chum, pink, bar at Council and the river is and coho salmon.

18 MANAGEMENT Sport fisheries in Alaska are number of salmon that escape and reviewed by the Alaska primarily managed with daily bag commercial, sport, and Board of Fisheries. and possession limits. A daily subsistence fisheries to spawn in bag limit is the number of a given rivers is called “escapement”. Escapement goals have not yet species that can be harvested in a Escapement goals by species and been established and approved calendar day. A possession limit river are calculated by the for all species and rivers in the is the number of a given species Department using historic Nome area. In cases where there that can be possessed in an spawner, harvest, and return data is not a formal escapement goal, unpreserved state. A the Department uses fish is considered an average of historic “preserved” if, in a escapements as target given state of numbers. Salmon are preservation, it is fit counted at towers for human and weirs on the consumption after a 15- major spawning day period and does streams throughout not include unfrozen Norton Sound. fish temporarily stored These numbers are in coolers that contain compared to historic ice, dry ice, or fish that passage and to the are lightly salted. escapement goal for that species on a Salmon: Salmon daily basis as the runs populations are progress. If it managed to achieve a appears that a goal in given level of spawners a particular stream in each stream. The will not be met, the

19 Department has the ability to near Nome since the early 1990’s. given stream, the Department will adjust harvests from various The results of several estimates amend the bag limit for that fisheries by emergency order. from each river were used to stream to reduce harvests until establish a baseline population in the population recovers to Subsistence fisheries are given terms of abundance and size that baseline levels. The result of this priority in Alaska, so sport and the Department would like to work has been different harvest commercial fishing are restricted maintain in each stream. regulations for different streams. before restrictions in subsistence Thus far, this approach to fisheries are imposed. Sport management is working in the fishing restrictions may include Nome area. season or bag limit adjustments to reduce harvest, gear Arctic grayling are resident in restrictions such as a “no bait” Nome area streams and this area regulation to reduce efficiency of produces large grayling, but they the fishery, or catch and release do not reach large sizes quickly. (C&R) fishing only. A “no bait” Grayling in this area grow regulation usually accompanies a rapidly and can reach maturity at C&R regulation in order to 16 or 17 inches in seven to eight minimize the mortality rate of years. After reaching maturity, fish that are released. growth slows averaging only about 1/4 inch per year. The Arctic grayling: result is that it takes many years Arctic grayling populations are for fish to reach 20 inches in managed to maintain a given length. Once reaching maturity number of spawning-size fish grayling experience very low (over 15 inches) in each river. Streams are currently assessed levels of annual natural mortality. Mark-recapture techniques have every five or six years and the They may live for 30 years and been used to estimate the number results are compared to this are typically sustained with low and size composition of Arctic baseline. Should abundance fall levels of annual recruitment of grayling in the major streams below the desired level for a small fish.

20 Such populations cannot tolerate Catch and Release: over the years. Anglers wishing high levels of exploitation, and Some fisheries are managed with to harvest a legal bag limit of when overharvested it takes many catch & release (C&R) Arctic grayling may either fish years for a population to regulations. In other fisheries, for a short time and harvest the recover. anglers choose to practice C&R first fish captured, or selectively An example of this is the Nome fishing. In some fisheries the harvest fish from their catch by River grayling practicing C&R. population Other anglers may which was choose not to reduced prior harvest any fish, but to our first practice C&R. mark- recapture Most anglers are estimates in concerned about the 1990 and 1991. fish populations and Knowledge of the effects of their the low angling practices on number of fish those fish landed and in the river released. Most resulted in a scientific studies of complete C&R on trout, closure to grayling, and char Arctic have found that almost all of those grayling fishing. Continuing pracctice of C&R has improved fish released will survive. studies have found that the catch rates and the average size Nevertheless, C&R can result in population had not recovered as of fish. of 2005. It will likely take many fish dying if they are hooked in years for the population to Most Arctic grayling the gills or stomach as is rebuild to a level where fishing populations in the Nome area sometimes the case while fishing will be allowed. have sustained a limtied harvest with bait.

21 Extensive or rough handling hooks and may reduce the voluntary measure that anglers decreases the chance of a fish amount of trauma at the injury take as they move away from surviving and the longer that a site although most studies have harvest as the primary motivation fish is held out of the water, the not found differences in post- for fishing. Those that do poorer its chances of surval. release mortality between fish harvest, sometimes practice C&R Fish become more stressed and caught with barbed and barbless during their angling experience. exhausted when water hooks. In either case, anglers should be temperatures are high. The more aware of methods that minimize quickly a fish is landed, the C&R is sometimes used as a the impacts of C&R on the fish greater its chances of surviving management measure when they release. when released, especially if the harvest must be minimized to water is warm. preserve the opportunity to fish in a particular water. In most There is seemingly endless Alaskan situations C&R is a debate about what type of terminal gear is least hazardous to fish that are caught and released. Most studies have confirmed that mortality is greater when bait is used. Use of treble hooks sometimes result in higher mortality, but this may result more from the longer handling time needed to remove treble hooks rather than from injury caused by the hook itself. Single hooks generally result in lower mortality rates. Barbless hooks are usually easier to remove from fish than barbed

22 This brochure was produced by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (Includes the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim & Upper Copper/Upper Susitna River areas) Division of Sport Fish, Region III Regional Office: Alaska Department of Fish & Game 1300 College Road Fairbanks, Alaska 99709

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