Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 52 - Upper Copper River and Upper Susitna River Area › 5 AAC 52.022 - General provisions for seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means for the Upper Copper River and Upper Susitna River Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise specified in
				5 AAC 52.023, or by an emergency order issued under
				AS
				16.05.060, the following are the seasons,
				bag, possession, annual, and size limits, and method and means that apply to
				sport fishing for finfish in the Upper Copper River and Upper Susitna River
				Area:
(1) in all flowing waters of the Upper
				Copper River drainage and Tyone River drainage, only unbaited, single-hook,
				artificial lures may be used;
(2)
				in all lakes, except Crosswind Lake, Lake Louise, Paxson Lake, Summit Lake,
				Susitna Lake, and Tyone Lake, bait and artificial lures may be used; in
				Crosswind Lake, Lake Louise, Paxson Lake, Summit Lake, Susitna Lake, and Tyone
				Lake, a hook and bait may be used only as follows:
(A) from April 16 - October 31, only
				unbaited, single-hook, artificial lures may be used;
(B) from November 1 - April 15, only
				single-hooks may be used; bait may be used;
(3) king salmon: may be taken only from
				January 1 - July 19, as follows;
(A) 20
				inches or greater in length; bag and possession limit of one fish; annual limit
				of four fish; a harvest record is required as specified in
				5 AAC 75.006;
(B) less than 20 inches in length; bag and
				possession limit of 10 fish;
(C) in
				all waters, a king salmon that is removed from the water must be retained and
				becomes part of the bag limit of the person that originally hooked the fish; a
				person may not remove a king salmon from the water before releasing the
				fish;
(4) salmon, other
				than king salmon: may be taken from January 1 - December 31, as follows;
(A) greater than 16 inches in length; bag and
				possession limit of three fish, except that the daily bag limit for sockeye
				salmon greater than 16 inches in length is three fish and the possession limit
				is six fish;
(B) 16 inches or less
				in length; bag and possession limit of 10 fish;
(C) in all waters, a salmon, including a king
				salmon as specified in (3)(C) of this subsection, that is removed from the
				water must be retained and becomes part of the bag limit of the person that
				originally hooked the fish; a person may not remove a salmon from the water
				before releasing the fish;
(5) rainbow/steelhead trout: may be taken
				from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of two fish, of which
				only one may be 20 inches or greater in length;
(6) burbot: may be taken from January 1 -
				December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish; no size limit;
(7) Arctic grayling: may be taken from
				January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of five fish; no size
				limit;
(8) Dolly Varden/Arctic
				char: may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of 10
				fish; no size limit;
(9) lake
				trout: may be taken from January 1 - December 31; bag and possession limit of
				two fish; no size limit;
(10) other
				finfish not specified in (3) - (9) of this subsection: may be taken from
				January 1 - December 31; no bag, possession, or size limits;
(11) whitefish may be taken from October 1 -
				March 31 by spear or bow and arrow;
(12) suckers may be taken from January 1 -
				December 31 by spear or bow and arrow;
(13) repealed 7/28/2023;
(14) the use of set lines is
				prohibited.