...run king salmon fishing on the Kasilof and in lower Cook Inlet streams and marine waters. Area managers inlet-wide cited...The recent poor king salmon runs in the Lower Cook Inlet streams and uncertainty over how quickly the runs may rebound...

...salmon in the Kenai river disappeared in the 1990s. The current early-run king salmon restrictions found throughout Cook Inlet streams due to low returns cannot be blamed upon the Cook Inlet Central District commercial fishery since they basically...

...S. Geological Survey produced an important report compiling the limited historical stream temperature data from Cook Inlet streams, as well as air temperature data from seven climate stations. Based on the historical relationship between air...

...Kings there were recently declared a "stock of concern," and the same designation now applies to some upper Cook Inlet streams where sport fishermen are facing restrictions. The Kenai River experienced one of its lowest return levels ever...

...fish, especially salmon. Critical temperatures are 55.4, 59 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit. In the past 30 years, Cook Inlet streams have usually been cooler than 55.4 degrees. Recently, some streams have been 60 to 62 degrees in the warmer summer...

...reel setup on his boat, the Torpedo, near the Kenai docks. Nobody argues that plenty of fish are headed to Cook Inlet streams. The big question as always is price. Processors won't give out numbers, leaving fishers to speculate as to...

...beginning each year with the last regularly scheduled opening in July. It cut the sport-fishing bag limit for most Cook Inlet streams from three fish to two and cut the marine sport-fishing limit from six cohos to three. It closed the Kenai River...