Juneau hatchery king salmon sport fishing opens

A king salmon weighs in at Auke Nu Harbor in Juneau on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
King salmon sport fishing opened Monday in Juneau’s hatchery harvest areas. 
Those areas include Gastineau Channel, Fritz Cove, Auke Bay and Lena Cove. Hatchery area rules are in effect through the end of August. The daily limit is four kings, or Chinook, of any size. 
Daniel Teske, the Juneau area management biologist for sport fisheries at Alaska Department of Fish and