The king window is closing near Petersburg and Wrangell

The king run near Petersburg and Wrangell is fading, and anglers hoping to catch one in the hatchery-fed Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough terminal area are running out of time. Bright kings are still moving through, area biologist Jeff Rice said Thursday, but the peak has passed and the window is closing.

The terminal harvest area is the generous spot — it runs on special hatchery-king rules for a set stretch of dates before snapping back to tighter regional limits, the same pattern as last year.

Outside it, the wild-king waters stay far more restricted: District 8 and part of Eastern Passage near Wrangell are closed to keeping kings until July 15. For anglers still after wild fish before that date, Rice pointed to Steamer Point, Earnest Sound, and Bradfield Canal out of Wrangell, and Duncan Canal or Farragut Bay from Petersburg.