Section 5 AAC 57.123 - Special provisions and localized additions and exceptions to the seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means for the Upper Section of the Kenai River Drainage Area Unless otherwise specified by an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060, the following are special provisions and localized exceptions to the general seasons, bag, possession, and size limits, and methods and means set out in 5 AAC 57.120 and 5 AAC 75 for the Upper Section of the Kenai River Drainage Area:
(1) Kenai Lake from the Sterling Highway Bridge at the outlet, upstream to ADF&G regulatory markers located approximately one-quarter mile upstream, is open to sport fishing only from June 11 - April 30;(2) in Kenai Lake within one-quarter mile of the Sterling Highway Bridge at the outlet (A) only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure may be used;(B) the bag and possession limit for rainbow/steelhead trout is one fish less than 16 inches in length; rainbow/steelhead trout 16 inches or greater in length may not be retained; rainbow/steelhead trout caught that are 16 inches or greater in length must be released immediately and returned to the water unharmed;(4) from January 1 - December 31, (A) waters of the Kenai Lake drainage are closed to fishing for salmon;(B) in stocked lakes of the Kenai Lake drainage, including Jerome, Carter, Vagt, Long, Rainbow, and Meridian Lakes, the bag and possession limit for rainbow/steelhead trout is five fish, of which only one may be 20 inches or greater in length;(C) in the flowing waters of the Kenai Lake drainage, including waters of Kenai Lake within a one-quarter mile radius of all inlet streams, only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure, with a gap between the point and shank of three-eighths inch or less, may be used;(5) in waters of Kenai Lake within a one-quarter mile radius of all inlet streams, the bag and possession limit for rainbow/steelhead trout is one fish less than 16 inches in length; rainbow/steelhead trout 16 inches or greater in length may not be retained; rainbow/steelhead trout caught that are 16 inches or greater in length must be released immediately and returned to the water unharmed;(9) the following waters of the Upper Section are closed to sport fishing, as follows: (A) from May 1 -June 10, all flowing waters of the Upper Section;(B) from May 1 - June 10, and from September 15 - October 31, the Quartz Creek drainage upstream of the Sterling Highway Bridge, including Devils Creek, Johns Creek, Jerome Creek, Summit Creek, slate Creek, and the South Fork of the Snow River.Eff. 10/1/2006, Register 179; am 6/12/2011, Register 198; am 5/18/2014, Register 210, July 2014; am 6/8/2017,Register 222, July 2017Authority:AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251