Abundant hatchery chum returns and the biggest Chilkat sockeye run in nine years provided a good season for Lynn Canal gillnetters.
The summer chum harvest was down from last year’s near-record and packers’ prices for some species dipped, but fishing opportunity close to town for sockeye and ther educed cost of fuel helped make up some of the difference, fishermen said in recent interviews.
“There weren’t enough fish up here ot draw a big fleet,…
