Another raft of Bristol Bay salmon fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Gillnet specifications and operations

On 7/20/26 Joseph Alexander Boenish, 31, and Deven Elias Damerau, 29, both from Freeland, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet specifications and operations.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/20/26 Benjamin Temple, 42, from Redmond, Ore., and Colton Bowman, 23, from Lebanon, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/19/26 Christopher Roy Rhoads, 41, and Veronica Petrillo, 25, both from Weaverville, N.C., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Grounding prohibited

On 7/15/26 Bradley Clayton Heil, 66, and Tanner McKenzie Heil, 30, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for grounding prohibited in the Ugashik District.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 Clinton T. Andrews, 62, from Anchorage, and Ethan Thomas Kludt-Painter, 26, from Petersburg, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/26 Shayne Nigel Roffey, 30, from Ketchikan, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/26 Samson M. Reutov, 31, from Ford, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Troopers cite four more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/26 Nicholas Burch Zuanich, 48, and Patrick Kelsey Harber, 38, both from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/4/26 Avtanom Reutov, 40, from Homer, and Josiph Martushev, 45, from Woodburn, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Three more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/16/26 Kyle Ray Clapp, 37, from Bend, Ore., and Nathanial Irvin Hunter-Skeek, 28, from Angoon, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Iulian Basargin, 33, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Another handful of Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/18/26 Noah Benjamin Cash, 39, from Ventura, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/26 Simon Manuel Schaad, 38, from Winthrop, Wash., and Austin James William Hynd, 34, from Columbiana, Ala., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fishing gear violation

On 7/9/26 Samuel Steen, 41, from Aspen, Colo., and Jordan Dykes, 40, from Spokane, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gear violation and giving false information on record of purchase in the Nushagak District.

Three more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/15/26 Michael Steven Wilson, 67, from Ellensburg, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Kyle Erik Lints, 43, and Jaime Angelo Hernandez, 50, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

More salmon fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 David Kent Edens, 63, and Peyton Jeremiah Kent Edens, 21, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 Peter Paul Balesteri, 63, from Seaside, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Naknek-Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 James Francis Voss, 35, from Santa Barbara, Calif., and Michael Robert Gierlach, 33, from Tempe, Ariz., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/10/26 Rowan Stewart, 31, from Vashon, Wash., and Conrad Wharton, 36, from Leavenworth, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Gillnet overlength

On 7/5/26 William Raymond Johnson, 67, from Cathlamet, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Corey Boone, 43, from Missoula, Mont., and Dillon Baird, 38, from Prescott, Ariz., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Another handful cited at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek-Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/26 Michael Steven Capri, 30, from Eugene, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Naknek-Kvichak Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/8/26 Raymond Thorson, 80, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/4/26 Pavil Reutov, 42, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Ioan Kuzmin, 27, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek District

Type: Unlawful practices and record of purchases

On 7/10/26 Shane Jason Mitchell, 50, from Morristown, Tenn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for unlawful practices and record of purchases in the Naknek District.

Location: Naknek District

Type: Setnet too close to another

On 7/10/26 Elaine Kraun, 62, and Olivia Elizabeth Dunn, 25, both from South Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet too close to another in the Naknek District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/26 Eric Osuch, 26, from Vernon Hills, Ill., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Failure to register

On 6/27/26 Danielle Webb, 36, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to register in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Failure to register

On 6/27/26 Kris Straub, 49, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to register in the Nushagak District.

Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Foma Reutov, 44, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Dimitry Basargin, 21, and Kliment Basargin, 19, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/2/26 Leontey Kuzmin, 34, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/2/26 Selivan Basargin, 23, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/26 Nicholas Marcoux-Kamis, 32, from Salem, Ore., and a 17-year-old juvenile male from Silverton, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/30/26 Milo Waltenbaugh, 23, from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ian Pitzman, 57, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Douglas Eric Morgan, 53, and Benjamin George Freas Morgan, 23, both from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Multiple charges lodged in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Setnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Johnny Fiasco Veenhouwer, 44, from Chehalis, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Setnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Krista Marie Johnson, 39, from Vancouver, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Gillnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Steve Clark Hicks, 39, from Olympia, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/26 Hal A. Weese, 34, from Snohomish, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/2/26 David Smith, 72, from College Place, Wash., and William Wren, 62, from Yucaipa, Calif., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Martin B. Speak, 63, from Kenmore, Wash., and Arlo E. Davies, 36, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters at the Ugashik north line.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/26 Eric Strain, 57, from Salt Lake City, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/26 Kristina Basargin, 33, and Zasim Basargin, 22, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and prohibited grounding in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Chancelen Kim Collier, 40, and Calem Kyle Collier, 28, both from Seldovia, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay. 

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/26 Milo Waltenbaugh, 23, from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ian Pitzman, 57, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Two more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/26 Caleb Jordan Johnson, 41, from College Place, Wash., and Nikita Sergeevich Lutoshkin, 25, from Little Falls, Minn., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Bristol Bay fishermen cited on variety of charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 6/30/26 Steffen Refvik, 27, from Anchorage, and Brandon Anderson, 31, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to report a lost net in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Ivan Basargin, 36, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Gillnet overlength

On 6/29/26 Naomi Lynn Veal, 44, from Nikiski, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period, waste of salmon

On 6/27/26 Brian Dierich, 53, and Ty Anderson, 47, both from Kodiak, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and waste of salmon in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/27/26 Logan Jungkuntz, 31, from Seattle, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/26 Natasha Mann, 46, from Shoreline, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/27/26 Andrey Martushev, 45, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Troopers cite a few more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/26 Joseph Sukalski, 27, from Naknek, and Michael Gibbs, 38, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters and vessel ID

On 6/30/26 Filimon Basargin, 46, and Miron Basargin, 18, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fish in closed waters and vessel identification in the Nushagak District.

Location: South line, Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/26/26 Justin Charles Ridley, 29, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the south line, in the Egegik District.

Three Cook Inlet fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kasilof

Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/27/25 at approximately 1707 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were conducting a commercial fishing patrol in Cook Inlet. Investigation revealed Ronald Meehan, 70, of Soldotna, was fishing in closed waters. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Location: Cook Inlet

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/19/25 at approximately 1344 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were conducting a commercial fishing patrol in Cook Inlet. Investigation revealed Sergi Kuzmin, 52, of Delta Junction, was fishing in closed waters. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Location: Cook Inlet

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/15/25 at approximately 0807 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were conducting a commercial fishing patrol in Cook Inlet. Investigation revealed Irmil Reutov, 47, of Homer, was fishing in closed waters. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Troopers cite another slug of Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/15/25 Allan D. Acheson, 69, from Everett, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/12/25 Walter T. Disarro, 37, from Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/12/25 Matthew Johnson, 35, from Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Conor Roland-Chicvara, 35, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik — Smokey Point

Type: Grounding prohibited

On 7/10/25 Antony A. Basargin, 48, and Kristina A. Basargin, 32, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for grounding prohibited.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/10/25 Terri M. Popa, 66, from Fallbrook, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Kalistrat Basargin, 23, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the Ugashik north line.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Olav Refvik, 67, and Gabriel B. Karp, 21, both from Key Largo, Fla., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Dimitry B. Basargin, 20, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/7/25 Kieran R. Barr, 56, from Freeland, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/5/25 George George, 70, from Dade City, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

A few more cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/13/25 Olin D. Fair, 24, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/11/25 Kerry L. McKimson, 64, from Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Steffen W. Refvik, 26, from Key Largo, Fla., and Benjamin H. Fenner, 21, from Westport, Conn., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

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.