King Crab In Kachamak Bay

[akfishnut]

Just out of curiousty - I see a couple threads about catching tanner crab in the bay - Is there any chance that the king crab fishery will ever be opened again - or has that been totally destroyed due to over harvest?
I remember to days back in the 70s when king crab made for a great meal right off the old docks.

[homerdave]

never happen in our lifetimes...
i have heard of a VERY few being caught in the tanner fishery, but no numbers at all.
dungies, however, may be a different story

[elim]

Where is the closest place to K bay that has Kings?

[homerdave]

personal use in kodiak.

[Brian M]

Didn't a season open up this winter in PWS? If I recall, it opened in October. Of course, that's not a time that many recreational boaters venture out into the Sound...but if you live in Chenega, it might have been a good fishery. We catch them longlining sometime. We have to release them, of course, but if we're catching them on halibut hooks, you know there's got to be a decent number down there.