"The Kenai River is known for having some of the largest chinook salmon in the world," Pawluk said. A 1992 study suggested that Kenai River chinook (both sexes) were the largest kings after four ...

In mid-June, Fish and Game announced the entire Kenai River would be closed to king salmon fishing. That came after other Kenai Peninsula king sportfishing closures on the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers.

Kenai River king salmon were designated a stock of management concern in 2023, and an action plan for the stock approved by the State Board of Fisheries in 2024 says that the recovery goal for the ...

Fishermen on the Kenai River in July, 2021. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) The Kenai River will close entirely to king salmon fishing starting Wednesday. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game ...

Anglers have a shot at taking Kenai River king salmon for keeps starting Saturday. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order ...

Fishing for kings on the Kenai River is again off limits this month. It’s the third year in a row the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the fishery early amid low king salmon counts.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will restrict sport and commercial fishing on the Kenai River to begin July based on total late run of king salmon forecast to be 30,000 fish. Sport ...

Alaska's Kenai River has long held the reputation for being the world's best bet for landing a trophy king, but years of declines in the largest species of salmon forced some lodge owners to sell ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Subsistence rod-and-reel fishing in Alaska's Kenai River will be closed due to low numbers from the early king salmon run, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials have forecast poor returns for Kenai River king salmon in the upcoming spring and summer fishing season. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has placed restrictions on king salmon fishing in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers. The Peninsula Clarion reports (https://bit.ly/1TRWNOX ...