Homer's Winter King Salmon Tournament drew 818 participants and 273 boats Saturday to Kachemak Bay, where biologists say they fished from a mixed stock of ocean Cook Inlet salmon.
This year’s first-place Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner, Gail Bilyeu, holds up his 26.12-pound catch surrounded by his boat crew. His total winnings, including side tournaments, were over $62,000.
“Total winnings of the first-place prize, $62,036.75, goes to Gail Bilyeu!” said an announcer. “Congratulations, this is your champion!” Gunnar Knapp is a retired University of Alaska Anchorage economist who has studied Alaska salmon fisheries for decades. Though difficult to quantify, he said sport fishing has multiplying impacts for local economies.
“It’s not just the money that is created in all these different businesses where people engage in sport fishing and spend money,” Knapp said. “It’s also that for a huge number of Alaskans, sport fishing is a big part of their life. That’s a big part of what they enjoy.”
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