If anglers participating in the 35th Haines Sportsman’s Association King Salmon Derby this weekend are lucky, they’ll be catching some of the first kings hooked here this year.
Brian Elliott, assistant area management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said there have been
no recorded catches since his department started surveying anglers two weeks ago.
“It’s starting out slow, but I don’t think it’s time to panic. There was not a lot…