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Title: 30 - Pound King Salmon
Alternative Title: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Creator: Young, Chuck
Source: DI-Young,C-007
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Salmon, Fish, Fisheries, Sportfishing, Alaska, Recreation, River, Boating
Description
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Abstract: Recreational salmon fishing for kings, or also called chinook, black or blackmouth, on the Deshka River in southcentral Alaska. The Deshka is a tributary of the Susitna River. It can be reached by a one hour drive and a 15 minute boat ride, or a 30 minute plane ride from Anchorage. In June many Alaska and Outside fishermen descend upon the river to catch salmon that have come up the Susitna only a short way from saltwater in Cooks Inlet. During the peak of the run in mid-June as many as 3000 kings a day pass the fish weir.
Date Created: June 15 2004 |