Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska Seeing Late (Hopefully) Pink Run
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Ketchikan Daily News] By John Lee McLaughlin - August 14, 2017
Rain showers expected this weekend for southern Southeast Alaska promise a much needed drink for the limited number of pink salmon that have returned so far this year to the region — after a recent stretch of dry summer heat threatened to zap their freshwater spawning grounds.
The fish that amass in the greatest numbers during July and August have delivered an unusual 2017 return mostly to the northern reaches of the Alaska panhandle. Meanwhile, pinks have been surprisingly absent, at least initially, from the historically strong fishing waters of the Ketchikan area and off Prince of Wales Island.
What fish have surfaced in southern Southeast have...
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