KNIK ARM 38

Remainder of Fresh Waters

Palmer-Wasilla Zone Flowing Waters

Palmer-Wasilla Zone flowing waters: • The Palmer-Wasilla Zone consists of all flowing waters inside a zone bounded on the north by Willow Creek, on the west by a line ½ mile east of the Susitna River, on the south by and Knik Arm, and on the east by the and Moose Creek (but excluding Willow Creek, the Matanuska River, and Moose Creek): The Little Susitna River is excluded from the Palmer-Wasilla Zone . See regulations for the Little Susitna River on page 42 . • Daily limits are the same as listed on page 39 under general regulations . General Regulations - Knik Arm OTHER SALMON ARCTIC CHAR/DOLLY VARDEN • In stocked lakes: 10 per day, 10 in possession in com- • In stocked lakes: 5 per day, 5 in possession . See pages Inclusive waters: Bounded on the north by (but not bination with king salmon . See pages 86-87 for a list 86-87 for a list of stocked lakes . including) Willow Creek, on the west by a line ½ mile of stocked lakes . • In other lakes and ponds and in all flowing waters: east of the Susitna River, on the south by Cook Inlet and • In other lakes and ponds and in all flowing waters: Knik Arm, and on the east by the Upper Susitna River • 5 per day, 5 in possession, only 1 fish may be • 16 inches or longer: 3 per day, 3 in possession, 12 inches or longer . drainage upstream of its confluence with the Oshetna only 2 per day, 2 in possession may be coho River and includes all waters within the Matanuska and (silver) salmon . ARCTIC GRAYLING Knik River drainages . • Less than 16 inches: 10 per day, 10 in possession • In stocked lakes: 5 per day, 5 in possession . See pages The Fishing Season for all species is open year-round in combination . 86-87 for a list of stocked lakes . unless otherwise noted below. • A coho salmon 16 inches or longer that is removed • In other lakes and ponds and in all flowing waters: KING SALMON from fresh water must be retained and becomes part 2 per day, 2 in possession . of the bag limit of the person who originally hooked • The fresh waters of the Knik Arm are closed to king the fish. A person may not remove a coho salmon 16 LAKE TROUT salmon fishing, except the Little Susitna drainage and inches or longer from the water before releasing it . • 2 per day, 2 in possession . Eklutna Tailrace . See special regulations . RAINBOW/STEELHEAD TROUT • In stocked lakes: 10 per day, 10 in possession, in BURBOT • In stocked lakes: 5 per day, 5 in possession, only 1 fish combination with other salmon . See pages 86-87 for a • 5 per day, 5 in possession . list of stocked lakes . may be 20 inches or longer . See pages 86-87 for a list of stocked lakes . • Burbot lines must be closely attended . • In Knik Arm waters open to king salmon fishing: • 20 inches or longer: NORTHERN PIKE • There is a combined annual limit of 5 king • There is an annual limit of 10 rainbow/steelhead • No limit . salmon 20 inches or longer from the waters of trout 20 inches or longer from stocked lakes . the following areas: Cook Inlet Salt Waters, West • Northern pike may be taken by spear, sport fishing • In other lakes and ponds and in all flowing waters: Cook Inlet, Susitna River Drainage, Knik Arm, gear, ice fishing gear, or by bow and arrow (the arrow • 2 per day, 2 in possession, only 1 fish may be Anchorage Bowl, and Kenai Peninsula . must be attached to the bow with a line and the arrow 20 inches or longer . must have a barbed tip) . • A king salmon 20 inches or longer that is removed • 20 inches or longer: from salt or fresh water must be retained and • When fishing through the ice for northern pike, anglers • There is a total annual limit of 2 rainbow/ may use two hooks on a single line, provided that both becomes part of the bag limit of the person who steelhead trout 20 inches or longer taken north hooks are attached to one single piece of bait . originally hooked the fish. A person may not of the latitude of Point Adam, from the waters remove a king salmon 20 inches or longer from the of the following areas: West Cook Inlet, Susitna OTHER FINFISH water before releasing it . River Drainage, Knik Arm, Anchorage Bowl, • No limit . • Anglers who keep a king salmon 20 inches or Kenai Lake drainages, Kenai River tributaries, longer must immediately record that harvest . See and Kenai Peninsula . page 5 for recording instructions . • Anglers who keep a rainbow/steelhead trout 20 inches Methods and Means - Knik Arm or longer must immediately record that harvest . See page 5 for recording instructions . Tackle Restrictions: • Bait and multiple hooks are allowed unless prohibited in the special regulations that follow .

KNIK ARM 39 KNIK ARM 40

Special Regulations - Knik Arm Eklutna Tailrace:

Closed to all salmon fishing • Salmon (except king salmon):

* Anderson Lake: # ADF regulatory markers • 16 inches or longer limits: 3 per day, 3 in • Northern pike: Sport fishing through the ice for northern possession, all 3 may be coho (silver) salmon . pike is allowed using 5 lines, provided standard ice-fishing • Less than 16 inches: 10 per day, 10 in possession gear is used, the fishing gear is closely attended, and all in combination . other fish caught are released immediately. Anglers may • All waters within a ½-mile radius of its confluence use 2 hooks on a single line, provided that both hooks are ek attached to one single piece of bait . d re with the Knik River, and to an ADF&G marker R C p located 2 miles downstream of the confluence: y o d Big Lake (see Fish Creek drainage). a o o • King salmon limits: o e L Bonnie Lakes connecting stream—from the outlet at os w • Open year-round to fishing for king salmon. o w n Upper Bonnie lake to the inlet of Lower Bonnie Lake: e - i o • Once you have retained a king salmon 20 t ik v t n r • Open season is July 1–April 14 . K i inches or longer, you may no longer fish in S o a

C any waters open to king salmon fishing on that F Bodenburg Creek—including all waters of Knik River within . same day . a 100-yd radius of the mouth of the creek (see map on page 42): W • The daily limit for king salmon 20 inches or • Closed year-round to fishing for salmon. longer is 1 per day, 1 in possession; less than • No retention of rainbow/steelhead trout allowed April 15– 20 inches is 10 per day, 10 in possession . June 14 .

Cottonwood Creek drainage: Eklutna Tailrace Youth-Only King and Coho

* • A person who takes a bag limit of salmon from # f f Fisheries: Cottonwood Creek may not fish for any species of fish in d lu R • Youth Fishery Zones established for persons 15 waters open to salmon fishing on that same day. d il years of age or younger: • All lakes of the Cottonwood Creek drainage, including e f • The third Saturday in June from 6:00 a .m . Wasilla Lake, are closed year-round to fishing for salmon . y a to 6:00 p .m (June 16, 2018), and the third • From its mouth upstream to ADF&G markers 1 mile H Saturday in August from 6:00 a .m . to 6:00 p .m upstream from the Palmer Hayflats State Game Refuge access road: (August 18, 2018) . • Open season for all species except king salmon is June 15–April 14, but fishing is allowed only on Saturdays Figure Eight Lake: and Sundays and only between the hours of 5:00 a .m . • Northern pike: Sport fishing through the ice for and 10:00 p .m . northern pike is allowed using 5 lines, provided • All flowing waters of Cottonwood Creek above the standard ice-fishing gear is used, the fishing gear is ADF&G markers 1 mile upstream from Palmer closely attended, and all other fish caught are released Hayflats State Game Refuge access road: immediately . Anglers may use 2 hooks on a single • Closed year-round to fishing for salmon. Open line, provided that both hooks are attached to one season for other species is June 15–April 14 . CoCottonwoodok Creek single piece of bait . Inlet

iles 0 0. 1 Fish Creek drainage—including Big Lake: Fish Creek drainage Big Lake: • A person who takes a bag limit of salmon from Fish • Closed year-round to salmon fishing. Creek may not fish for any species of fish in waters ek • Only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure or fly Cre open to salmon fishing on that same day. Meadow is allowed November 1–April 30, including fishing for burbot . • From ADF&G markers at the mouth of Fish Creek d R • When fishing through the ice, anglers may use two upstream to ADF&G markers ¼ mile upstream ake Big L lines, but each line may have only one single hook . from the Knik-Goose Bay Rd.: • Arctic char/Dolly Varden daily limits: 1 per day, • Open season for all species except king salmon is Closed year-round 1 in possession, must be 20 inches or longer . August 12–December 31 . to all fishing • Burbot limits: • Fishing is allowed only on Saturdays and Sundays and • Closed to the retention of burbot, March 15– only between the hours of 5:00 a .m . and 10:00 p .m . Big Closed year-round April 30. to all salmon fishing • From the ADF&G markers ¼ mile upstream from Lake • 2 per day, 2 in possession, May 1–March 14 . the Knik-Goose Bay Rd., upstream to ADF&G mark- • Northern pike: ers located ¼ mile upstream of the Lewis Rd. bridge: Echo Lake • Anglers may fish for northern pike through the • Closed year-round to all fishing. ice in Big Lake using 5 lines from November 1– • Flowing waters from the ADF&G markers ¼ March 15, between 8:00 a .m .–5:00 p .m .: mile upstream of the Lewis Rd. bridge, including • Hook gap must be at least 3/4 inch from Meadow Creek: point to shank . • Closed year-round to salmon fishing. Threemile • Two single hooks are allowed per line as Lake long as both hooks are attached to the same • Open season for other species is June 15–April 14 . Liten Lake piece of bait . • Fish Creek drainage lakes: k • A whole legally recognized bait fish such F e • Closed year-round to salmon fishing. e as herring or smelt must be used if fishing i r s h C with bait . C le r i • Bait must be suspended above the bottom . m e of the lake . Fish Creek Youth-Only Fishery: re h • From ADF&G markers at the mouth of Fish Creek T • Fishing lines must be closely attended . upstream to ADF&G markers ¼ mile upstream • All other species of fish must be from the Knik-Goose Bay Rd.: immediately released unharmed .

L

e • Anglers 15 years of age and younger may fish for all w

i Flathorn Lake:

s

species, except king salmon . L

o • Northern pike: Sport fishing through the ice for

o • Fishing is allowed only between 5:00 a .m .–10:00 p .m . p Rd northern pike is allowed using 5 lines, provided

ay

daily on the first Saturday and Sunday in August each B standard ice-fishing gear is used, the fishing gear is

e

# s # o closely attended, and all other fish caught are released year . During 2018, this will be August 4–5 . General o regulations and limits apply . N G immediately . Anglers may use 2 hooks on a single

ik

n K line, provided that both hooks are attached to one

# Knik # single piece of bait . Miles Arm 0 1 2 ...continued

KNIK ARM 41 KNIK ARM 42

Jim Creek drainage— including all waters downstream to the Knik River and continuing The Little Susitna River drainage: downstream on the Knik River to within 100 yards of its confluence with Bodenburg Creek: • A person may not sport fish from a boat that is powered by the use of a • Daily limits are the same as shown under general seasons and limits on page 39, except that motor, unless the motor is a four-stroke motor or a direct fuel injection from August 1 - December 31, sport fishing for any species is closed on Mondays and two-stroke motor . Anglers may use a boat powered by a non-direct fuel Tuesdays, and fishing is allowed only between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. injected two-stroke to access areas to sport fish from the bank of the river, Wednesdays through Sundays. but may not sport fish from the boat. • A person who takes a bag limit of salmon from Jim Creek may not fish for any species of fish • A person who takes a bag limit of other salmon 16 inches or longer from in waters open to salmon fishing on that same day. the Little Susitna River may not fish for any species of fish in the Little • Upper Jim Creek (upstream of Leaf Lake), Jim Lake, Leaf Lake, Mud Lake, and Susitna River downstream of the Parks Hwy . that same day . McRoberts Creek: • In waters open to king salmon fishing, no fishing is allowed between • Closed year-round to all salmon fishing . 11:00 p .m . and 6:00 a .m . May 15–July 13 . • A coho salmon removed from the water shall be retained . No person may Johnson Lake (near Palmer): remove from the water a coho salmon he/she intends to release. • Closed year-round to all fishing. • King salmon limits:

Old Glenn Hwy • After taking a king salmon 20 inches or longer, a person may not fish on that same day anywhere in waters open to king salmon fishing. Jim Creek drainage including Bodenburg Creek • Little Susitna River flowing waters, from its mouth upstream to the Parks Highway:

Jim k cRoberts Cr e • Open season for all species (except king salmon) is year-round . M e Lake e ek r C • Only unbaited, artificial lures are allowed October 1–August 5. Mud Lake m Ji • Bait and multiple hooks are allowed August 6–September 30 . r

e p • King salmon limits: p Gull Lake Leaf U • Open season for king salmon is January 1–July 13 . Lake Butte • The daily limit for king salmon 20 inches or longer is 1 per day, 1 in possession; less than 20 inches is 10 per day, 10 in possession. ek re C • Rainbow/steelhead trout limits: No retention April 15–June 14. All Swan rainbow/steelhead trout caught must be released immediately. im J Lake • Nancy Lake Creek drainage, upstream of an ADF&G marker about ¼ Bodenburg Creek mile upstream of its confluence with the Little Susitna River: Knik River • Closed to all salmon fishing, including catch-and-release. CLOSED YEAR- Management waters • Little Susitna River flowing waters upstream of the Parks Highway: ek Cre ROUND TO • Closed year-round to all salmon fishing. Jim E Knik River Rd. ALL SALMON • Open season for other species is June 15–April 14 . ± FISHING • Only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure or fly is allowed Knik River Miles year-round . 0 1 2 Prator Lake: Long Lake (Kepler-Bradley Complex): • Northern pike: Sport fishing through the ice for • Open season is May 1–October 31 . northern pike is allowed using 5 lines, provided Wasilla Creek • Only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure standard ice-fishing gear is used, the fish- or fly is allowed. ing gear is closely attended, and all other fish • Rainbow trout limits: No retention . All rainbow caught are released immediately . Anglers may Closed to all trout caught must be released immediately . use 2 hooks on a single line, provided that both salmon fishing ek hooks are attached to one single piece of bait . re C a l Memory Lake: l i Wasilla Creek drainage—including Rabbit s • Northern pike limits: Sport fishing through the Slough: iles a 0 1 W k ice for northern pike is allowed using 5 lines, e • A person who takes a bag limit of salmon from e r provided standard ice-fishing gear is used, the the Wasilla Creek drainage (including Rabbit C d fishing gear is closely attended, and all other fish Slough) may not fish for any species of fish in oo nw caught are released immediately . Anglers may waters open to salmon fishing on that same day. tto Co wy use 2 hooks on a single line, provided that both • Motorized watercraft having a total propshaft Palmer-Wasilla H hooks are attached to one single piece of bait . rating greater than 3 HP may not be used on Wasilla Creek on Saturdays and Sundays, from Nancy Lake Recreation Area Lakes: July 15–August 15 . • Northern pike: • From its mouth upstream to the • Anglers may fish for northern pike through Railroad bridge, including lakes and ponds: the ice in Nancy Lake using 5 lines from • Open season for all species except king November 1–March 15, between 8:00a .m .– salmon is June 15–April 14 . 5:00 p .m .: • Fishing is allowed only on Saturdays and Park Sundays and only between the hours of s H • Hook gap must be at least 3/4 inch from w 5:00 a .m . and 10:00 p .m . y point to shank . • Bait and multiple hooks are allowed . p Loo • Two single hooks are allowed per line view • Upstream of the Alaska Railroad bridge: Fair as long as both hooks are attached to the • Closed to all salmon fishing. elson Rd same piece of bait .

• A whole legally recognized bait fish such Wishbone Lake (near Sutton): Rabbit as herring or smelt must be used if fish- • Open season is May 1–October 31 . AI d lough a S

ing with bait . o • Only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial r l i • Bait must be suspended above the bot- lure or fly is allowed. a R

tom of the lake . • Rainbow trout limits: No retention . All rainbow y w ska

silla Cr H a l trout caught must be released immediately . Wa eek

• Fishing lines must be closely attended . n A

n e l R. • All other species of fish must be Wolverine Lake drainage (near Palmer)— ka tanus immediately released unharmed . from its confluence with Wolverine Creek Ma upstream to and including Wolverine Lake: • Burbot: Closed year-round to burbot fishing. • Open season is June 15–April 14 .

KNIK ARM 43