Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery › Chapter 57 - Kenai River Drainage Area › 5 AAC 57.140 - Kenai River guiding and guided fishing requirements in the Kenai River Drainage Area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				the requirements of
				5 AAC 75.075 -
				5 AAC 75.077, and before providing sport fishing guide
				services on the Kenai River, a sport fishing guide and vessel must be
				registered at the Soldotna office of the Department of Natural Resources,
				division of parks and outdoor recreation. Once registered, a vessel
				registration remains valid for the remainder of the calendar year, unless the
				vessel is de-registered with the Department of Natural Resources, division of
				parks and outdoor recreation.
(b)
				Downstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at the outlet of Skilak
				Lake, a person may not sport fish from a registered guide vessel on any Sunday
				from May 1 through July 31, and on any Monday in July, except that a person may
				fish from a registered sport fishing guide vessel during the last two Sundays
				in May and the first Sunday in June under the terms of a permit issued by the
				commissioner, for approved charitable nonprofit organizations or for
				educational public service activities.
(c) From May 1 through July 31, sport fishing
				from a registered sport fishing guide vessel downstream from an ADF&G
				regulatory marker located at the outlet of Skilak Lake is permitted only from
				6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(d) On the
				Kenai River, a person may not engage in guided sport fishing from a vessel
				unless the vessel has a current Alaska Department of Natural Resources,
				division of parks and outdoor recreation, guide sticker prominently attached to
				the exterior of the vessel.
(e) On
				the Kenai River, a client may not engage in guided sport fishing unless the
				person guiding the client is in compliance with the provisions of (a) and (d)
				of this section.
(f) A person may
				not book, contract, or arrange for guided sport fishing from a vessel, unless
				that person is in compliance with the provisions of (a) and (d) of this
				section.
(g) During July, a person
				aboard a vessel used for guided sport fishing on the Kenai River downstream
				from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at the outlet of Skilak Lake may
				not sport fish from that vessel if more than five persons, including the sport
				fishing guide, clients, and other passengers are present on that vessel.
(i) From July 31 or the end of the king
				salmon season, whichever is later, through November 30, sport fishing from a
				vessel that is registered with the Department of Natural Resources, division of
				parks and outdoor recreation, as a sport fishing guide vessel is restricted as
				follows:
(1) downstream from the confluence
				of the Moose River and Kenai River, sport fishing on Mondays, except Labor Day,
				is prohibited;
(2) upstream from
				the confluence of the Moose River and Kenai River, sport fishing for coho
				salmon on Mondays, except Labor Day, is prohibited; any coho salmon caught must
				be released immediately without further harm.