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Gakona sawmill and dog sled maker. Summers provide income for local fishing and hunting guides, rafting operations and outfitters. Three residents currently hold commercial fishing permits. Gakona is located adjacent to the Copper, Gakona and Gulkana Rivers allowing access to world class King Salmon, Sockeye Salmon and Rainbow Trout fishing.
The river's commercial salmon season is very brief, beginning in May for chinook salmon, and sockeye salmon for periods lasting mere hours or several days at a time. [22] Sport fishing by contrast is open all year-long, [ 23 ] but peak season on the Copper River lasts from August to September, when the coho salmon runs.
The Klutina River (Tl’atii Na’ in Ahtna) is a 63-mile (101 km) tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] [3] [4] Beginning at Klutina Glacier in the Chugach Mountains, the river flows generally northeast, passing through Klutina Lake, to meet the larger river at the community of Copper Center. [5]
The primary industry was Waterfall Cannery, built in 1912 as a salmon processing facility. The cannery closed in 1973 and was renovated into the Waterfall Resort, a sport fishing lodge. Waterfall is not connected to the island's road system; visitors to the resort arrive by floatplane from Ketchikan.
English: On verso of image: Dipping salmon from the Copper River in Alaska Subjects (LCTGM): Fishermen--Alaska--Copper River; Fishing--Alaska--Copper River;
Reef net fishing intercepts chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink salmon as they travel from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in the Fraser River near present-day Washington state and British Columbia.
Lake Louise, Paxson Lake and the many other wetlands of the plain are nesting grounds for may birds including the trumpeter swan, the largest waterfowl in North America.. The Copper River is home to salmon especially Chinook salmon and sockeye sal
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