2021 5th year in a row of no king fishing

King salmon sport fishing in the Chilkat Inlet north of Seduction Point is again closed from April 1 through July 15—the fifth consecutive year anglers have been shut out from king fishing locally due to population declines.

“Another year of not fishing the Chilkat king run,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game sport fish biologist Rich Chapell. “We miss it.”

Chilkat king salmon met escapement goals the past two summers, but Fish and Game…