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Sport Fishing Seasons
Drainages flowing into Unalaska Bay produce pink, chum, sockeye, and coho salmon, which are harvested in commercial, subsistence, and sport fisheries. The majority of the sockeye salmon harvest is taken in the subsistence fishery occurring in Reese Bay, which is approximately 5 miles west of Unalaska Bay. The majority of the coho salmon subsistence fishery harvest comes from the vicinity of the Nateekin River and Broad Bay, both of which are located within Unalaska Bay.
For specific fishing seasons, bag limits and regulations in the Aleutian Islands, please contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sport Fish Offices on their website. Their number in Kodiak is (907) 486-1880 and their number in Anchorage is (907) 267-2218.
Salmon
Coho and sockeye are the two salmon species most frequently targeted in Unalaska's freshwater and saltwater sport fisheries. Although salmon returns to streams near the major population center is relatively small, large returns do occur on other more remote areas which are accessible only by boat or by floatplane. One of the more well-known of these areas is Volcano Lake, which typically provides exceptional angling opportunities for sockeye salmon during June and July and then again for coho during August. The Makushin and Nateekin rivers, both of which drain into Unalaska Bay, are also popular with anglers targeting coho salmon, although fishing opportunities in each of these drainages normally peaks during September.
Marine Bottom Fish Fisheries
A small charter boat fleet in Unalaska provides non-local anglers access to the area's best known sport fishery - halibut. Both the current 459 lb. world record sport caught halibut and the most recent previous record at 457 lb. were taken from Unalaska Island waters. Halibut can also be taken all along the Alaska Peninsula on both in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Fishing is usually most productive during July and August, although fish can also be taken in deeper waters from late spring through June. Rockfish are also abundant in the Aleutians, with black and dusky rockfish comprising the two most predominant species caught near shore. Ling Cod are absent from the Aleutian Islands and rare along the southern portion of the Alaska Peninsula.
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