Chitna dippnetting open this weekend

Dermot Cole's Daily News-Miner column often has many nice news tidbits. These news tidbits should make many Delta fisher folk happy.

LOTSA FISH: The preseason projection for Copper River salmon passing the Miles Lake sonar from May 29 to June 4 was just under 100,000. The number actually counted was 289,698, so the fishing should be good.

The Chitina personal use dipnet fishery is to open Friday at 12:01 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m. Sunday. The fishery will be closed for four hours and reopen next week from Monday at 12:01 a.m. to the following Sunday night. A supplemental harvest of 10 sockeye will be allowed during the opening next week.