ADF&G Releases Preliminary 2009 Salmon Season Summary
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its preliminary estimates Monday for the 2009 commercial salmon harvest and for the value of that harvest to commercial fishermen. These estimates are preliminary. Estimates will be revised in 2010, upon finalization of all fish ticket data, and submission of annual processors reports which include the final prices paid for salmon in 2009.
Homer’s Sandhill Cranes make late departure
Homer’s Sandhill Crane population acted a little unusual this summer. Like other local birds, the cranes were off in their departure timing, likely due to warmer fall temperatures keeping them around.
“The cranes left a few days late, but within what would be considered a normal range of days for departure, and their departure is more timed to the winds and pressure systems,” said Lani Raymond who operates the Kachemak Bird Watching Hotline called PEEP.
Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby
Derby Leader: 354.6 pounds caught by Thomas Youngblood of Homer on June 26. Youngblood was fishing with In-2-Fishin’ Charters aboard the F/V Sweet T.
Fishing report – Sept. 9
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fresh waters
Starting Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 bait and/or treble/multiple hooks are not allowed in the flowing waters of the Ninilchik and Anchor rivers, and Deep and Stariski Creeks. Legal gear is single-hook, unbaited artificial lures/flies. A single hook has only one point.
Fall fishing success on Lower Peninsula area streams [...]
Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby
Photo provided – Anchorage angler Anthony Sandoval, left, shows off his September-leading halibut with Capt. Keith Kalke.Derby Leader: 354.6 pounds caught by Thomas Youngblood of Homer on June 26. Youngblood was fishing with In-2-Fishin’ Charters aboard the F/V Sweet T.
September Standings
First place ($1,000): 186.4 pounds caught by Anthony Sandoval of Anchorage on Sept. 5. Sandoval [...]
Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby – Sept. 2
Derby Leader: 354.6 pounds caught by Thomas Youngblood of Homer on June 26. Youngblood was fishing with In-2-Fishin’ Charters aboard the F/V Sweet T.
August Winners
First place ($1,000): 273.6 pounds caught by Dora Orendayn of Corona Del Mar, Calif on Aug. 8. Orendayn was fishing with Ocean Hunter Charters aboard the F/V Ocean Hunter.
Second place ($750): [...]
Shooters hold First Labor Day Rendezvous
The Cook Inlet Mountaineers Annual Labor Day Rendezvous, a weekend of pre-1840’s event, is set for Sept. 5-6.
Period dress and camps not required, but definitely desired. All shooting will be done with black powder (or modern equivalent), patched round ball and open iron sighted muzzle loading guns. No one can shoot without first attending the mandatory safety orientation at the rifle range Saturday.
Fishing report – Sept. 2
ADF&G is requesting that persons participating in the noncommercial fisheries for Tanner crab in Kachemak Bay refrain from setting crab pots in the outer Bay (i.e. outside the Homer Spit), particularly in deepwater areas until Sept. 9. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration will be conducting a sonar survey to provide detailed bottom and habitat mapping of Kachemak Bay during those dates.
Re-viewing the Bay via the Reber Trail
Many people first entering Homer talk about the view from the top of Baycrest Hill, marvel at the glaciers visible across the Bay, or take in the many spectacular sights on the entire trip down East End Road.
And, just when it seemed Kachemak Bay couldn’t be viewed from any new angle, a trail opened up from the hillside to downtown that offers a chance to see it all from a different perspective.
Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby
August standings
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