Gillnetters netted 120,000 hatchery chums during a three-day opening in Lynn Canal last week, as a record number of boats – 135 from all around Southeast – crowded the fishery.
There were nearly three times as many boats in the local fishing district as there were in any other district, according to the Department of Fish and Game.
Besides good fishing here, catches elsewhere in Southeast were relatively weak, helping draw boats here, said commercial…
