Fishermen in Lutak Inlet saw a bumper run of sockeye salmon in the last two weeks of August as more than 24,000 fish passed the weir between Aug. 22 and Aug. 31—a trend that reminds old timers of the run’s historic strength.
“We definitely were not expecting this,” said Nicole Zeiser, biologist for the Haines area Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
The run, and the larger size of the fish, is noteworthy because it…
