Grayling and char angling should be improving in waters open to sport fishing. Char fishing should be improving at the outlets of salmon spawning streams as the smolt move down river. The ice is off Lake Aleknagik and receding fast on Lake Nerka. The higher lakes are thawing steadily. The water level in the Wood River system is rising with the snow melt.
Pike fishing is reported to be good along the shores where the water is open.
The Nushagak River is low. Its still very early and sport fishing isn't likely to produce until mid-June. The sonar is should be operational by June 11. The preseason forecast for the total run is 118,000 kings and management will be according to the management plan. No substantial inseason information will be available until about June 20.