5 AAC 61.025. Special management areas for rainbow trout

(a) Unless otherwise specified in 5 AAC 61.022 or by an emergency order issued under AS 16.05.060 , only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure may be used in the special management areas for rainbow trout described in (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) Rainbow trout trophy special management areas are those waters managed to maintain a harvestable surplus of rainbow trout 20 inches or greater in length. The rainbow trout trophy special management area is that portion of the Susitna River drainage upstream of its confluence with the Talkeetna River to Devils Canyon, excluding the Chulitna River drainage.

(c) Rainbow trout catch-and-release special management areas are those waters managed to maintain historical size and age distributions. The rainbow trout catch-and-release special management areas in the Susitna - West Cook Inlet Area are the following:

(1) that portion of the Deshka River upstream from the forks;

(2) the North fork of the Kashwitna River;

(3) Fish Creek (in the Talkeetna River drainage);

(4) the Talachulitna River and all waters within a 3 / 4 -mile radius of its confluence with the Skwentna River;

(5) the Lake Creek drainage upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located 1 /4 -mile upstream of Bulchitna Lake;

(6) X, Long, and Wishbone Lakes;

(7) that portion of Campbell Creek upstream from the forks at Piper Street;

(8) Montana Creek drainage;

(9) Willow Creek, below the Parks Highway;

(10) Alexander Creek;

(11) Canyon Creek; and

(12) Prairie Creek.

History: Eff. 2/25/98, Register 145; am 3/21/99, Register 149; am 6/22/2002, Register 162

Authority: AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.251

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