Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/25 Trefon Yako, 37, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/25 Dylan B. Most, 22, and Charles H. Most, 65, both from Westport, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Bristol Bay fisherman cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/12/25 Christopher T. Murry, 31, from Naknek, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Naknek section.

Troopers cite more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/13/25 Ernest Pauk, 40, from Manokotak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently using an overlength net in Igushik Bay.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/25 Anthony J. Gaskill, 41, from Myrtle Creek, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/28/25 George George, 70, from Dade City, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Two charged at Bristol Bay with overlength setnets

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/25 Bessie Krause, 58, from Manokotak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for operating an overlength set gillnet in the Igushik River.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/7/25 Theron Heavener, 55, from Chugiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for operating an overlength setnet in the Nushagak District.

More citations issued in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/25 Kyle Knight, 37, and Alana Knight, 40, from Battle Ground, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/25 Andrew Nason, 35, and Phoenix Lehman, 19, both from Lopez Island, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/25 Thomas Olsen, 19, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/9/25 Justin Rydeen, 35, from Lake Stevens, Wash., and Ferris Allen, 26, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Reporting requirements

On 6/30/25 Percival Urban, 50, from Miami, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report and register as a salmon processor and buyer with Dillingham ADF&G prior to landing and processing salmon.

33-pound king salmon seized, man cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kenai North Beach

Type: Kenai River dipnet fishery violation

On 7/11/25 Soldotna Wildlife Troopers responded to a complaint of an individual retaining a king salmon on Kenai North Beach. Troopers located and contacted Michael Reed, 64, of Wasilla. Reed was found to have a 40-inch, 33-pound king salmon in his possession. Reed was issued a citation with a $270 fine, and his fish was seized and given to a charity.

More citations issued in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/25 Truls Finbraten, 56, from La Grande, Ore., and Jorge Cifuentes Garcia, 32, from Ferndale, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength drift gillnet.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/5/25 Steven E. Haney, 62, from Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/2/25 Jennifer M. Beck, 41, and John E. Spangler, 77, both from Auburn, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District. 

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/25 Hunter Esary, 27, from Kalama, Wash., and Maxwell Conradi, 29, from Sterling, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/25 Mark Smith, 64, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.