One of the largest surges of sockeye into Chilkoot Lake kept commercial fishermen busy and swamped subsistence nets in the past week.
About 40,000 reds passed Chikoot weir, more than doubling escapement for the entire season and setting records including a single-day count of 13,701 on Thursday, Aug. 4.
The 10-year average escapement for the same week is 8,000 sockeye, said Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Mark Sogge. “We’ve never had that kind…
