Port Saint Nicholas fishing

Fishing at Port Saint Nicholas has Chinook Salmon on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2020, most often in May.

Last stocked

May 23, 2026

Plants on record

6

Since 2020

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.9 in

Elevation

0 ft

Access and facts

Nearest town
Craig, AK

The Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association leases a hatchery from the City of Craig to raise and release chinook salmon at Port Saint Nicholas on Prince of Wales Island.

Sources: shore_notes , nearest_town , fishing_notes

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How Port Saint Nicholas is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the fourth week of May. In 2026 it was May 23, 2026, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2021.

Granite Lake (73.3 mi) was stocked more recently.

Fish at Port Saint Nicholas

Fishing Port Saint Nicholas is most likely to be for Chinook Salmon. All 6 plants on record are Chinook Salmon.

Chinook Salmon 6 plants
Plants
6 of 6
Last stocked
May 23, 2026
Average length
4.9 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Chinook Salmon guide.

Fishing Port Saint Nicholas

Port Saint Nicholas hosts one of the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association's (SSRAA) seven hatcheries. This facility operates a salmon enhancement program, designed to supplement the wild salmon population. The SSRAA's mission is to enhance and rehabilitate salmon production in southern Southeast Alaska for the optimum social and economic benefit of salmon users. They include all species of Pacific salmon apart from pink and sockeye salmon in their enhancement efforts.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Fish stocked per year

  • 200,0002020
  • 482,0002022
  • 462,0942023
  • 423,0002024
  • 530,0002025
  • 442,1612026

Stocking history

Source: Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 23, 2026 Chinook Salmon 442,161 5 in report
May 23, 2025 Chinook Salmon 530,000 5.2 in report
May 23, 2024 Chinook Salmon 423,000 4.9 in report
May 23, 2023 Chinook Salmon 462,094 4.8 in report
May 25, 2022 Chinook Salmon 482,000 4.7 in report
May 26, 2020 Chinook Salmon 200,000 4.9 in report

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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