After a decade, the Chilkat king salmon sport fishery is open

After a decade, the Chilkat king salmon sport fishery is open

A king salmon swims underwater. (Courtesy/Ryan Hagerty,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Haines’ king salmon sport fishery is once more open to anglers, even as state fish forecasters project a smaller run of Chilkat kings this year.   For nearly a decade, sport fishing for king salmon has been shut down in the Upper Lynn Canal — a response to historically low returns.  From 2011 to 2018, the number of kings spawning in the Chilkat River came in b…