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As concerns over king salmon stock continue, the Ketchikan CHARR King Salmon Derby — as the citizens of Ketchikan have known it for many years — is officially on indefinite
Ketchikan king salmon derby canceled due to concern over wild fish stocks
Posted by Eric Stone | May 11, 2021
Chase Hanis with his winning king salmon in 2017, the last time Ketchikan held a king salmon derby. (Ketchikan CHARR King Salmon Derby photo)
Ketchikan’s summer king salmon fishing derby is canceled due to concern about low returns.
It would have been the first king salmon derby in Ketchikan since 2017. The two summers after that, organizers switched to coho due to poor forecasts for Chinook. The pandemic led to the cancellation of 2020’s derby and just about everything else.
Michael Briggs, who coordinates the annual fishing competition for Ketchikan’s Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant and Retailers Association, says organizers were planning to hold the derby over two weekends in mid-to-late June.