Expect higher catch rates on the Little Susitna River for 2010.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2010 Deshka River King Salmon Forecast
2010 Deshka River King Salmon Forecast
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has high expectations for the Deshka River king salmon fishery in 2010. Data collected at the Department’s Deshka River weir last summer indicates there could be 10,000 additional king salmon returning to the Deshka in 2010 as compared to last year! Expect the Deshka River king salmon fishery to be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily in 2010, with bait allowed starting on May 15 and a limit of one king salmon per person per day.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has high expectations for the Deshka River king salmon fishery in 2010. Data collected at the Department’s Deshka River weir last summer indicates there could be 10,000 additional king salmon returning to the Deshka in 2010 as compared to last year! Expect the Deshka River king salmon fishery to be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily in 2010, with bait allowed starting on May 15 and a limit of one king salmon per person per day.
Monday, March 15, 2010
It’s Going To Be a Sprint To Nome!
What we’re seeing here along the coast with the dog teams is that Lance Mackey seems to have pulled off a pretty incredible run to gain the lead. Everyone here, including myself was impressed with how perky Lance’s dogs looked and how well they ate both of their meals here.
They actually seemed unfazed. After their rest they marched right out of town on their way to Shaktoolik just like it was any other run. It will be interesting to see what he pulls next.
Lance himself seemed extremely tired when he arrived here but ate a good meal and was chatty and friendly to all the race fans.
The rest of the top four mushers, Jeff King, Hugh Neff and Hans Gatt, all have teams looking extremely strong at this point of the race and all were eating well. This is a sign of the dogs not being overly tired.
With the front four teams so far ahead of everyone else now, I really haven’t seen much of the others coming up behind them as these guys sprint on to White Mountain
You can get more details on rest and travel times in the race current standings.
If you’re wondering why their travel times were so long between Kaltag and Unalakleet, it was because all four front runners reported really soft fluffy snow that slowed their rate of speed most of the way here.
All of them seemed a little frustrated with that and reported that the first 28 miles out of Kaltag took 5 hours because of the trail conditions
They actually seemed unfazed. After their rest they marched right out of town on their way to Shaktoolik just like it was any other run. It will be interesting to see what he pulls next.
Lance himself seemed extremely tired when he arrived here but ate a good meal and was chatty and friendly to all the race fans.
The rest of the top four mushers, Jeff King, Hugh Neff and Hans Gatt, all have teams looking extremely strong at this point of the race and all were eating well. This is a sign of the dogs not being overly tired.
With the front four teams so far ahead of everyone else now, I really haven’t seen much of the others coming up behind them as these guys sprint on to White Mountain
You can get more details on rest and travel times in the race current standings.
If you’re wondering why their travel times were so long between Kaltag and Unalakleet, it was because all four front runners reported really soft fluffy snow that slowed their rate of speed most of the way here.
All of them seemed a little frustrated with that and reported that the first 28 miles out of Kaltag took 5 hours because of the trail conditions
Iditarod dog found
On March 10th, 2010 IDITAROD XXXVIII Musher Justin Savidis (Bib #10) lost one of his team members, Whitey, a three year old male, between Nikolai and McGrath Checkpoints. Friday, (March 12, 2010) Justin Savidis scratched in McGrath in order to help McGrath Volunteers and the Iditarod Air Force continue to search. Earlier today, Whitey was located and returned to McGrath in good condition. Both Whitey and Justin Savidis are now back in Anchorage, Alaska.
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