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July 20, 2012

Fishing for Kenai kings shut down

ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Kenai River should be crowded in July with sport fishermen willing to spend big on once-in-a-lifetime guided trips in hopes of catching a trophy Alaska king salmon.

But the river, considered by many to be Alaska's premier salmon river, is being placed off-limits to sport king fishing because so few kings are returning to the river. The closure effectively ends king fishing on the Kenai for the summer.


 
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