If my sister, in the security of retirement, with as little opportunity as inclination to do evil, could not avoid censure, we must not rashly condemn those who, living in the world and surrounded with temptations, should be accused of errors which they are known to have the power of committing.
When To Fish The Ocean. Sitka's Pacific Ocean king salmon fishing is in full swing in May and June, with stragglers swimming by through mid-August. July, August and early September host the late silver salmon run. Sitka, home to Alaska's largest marine silver salmon fishery, ranging from 30 to 126 pounds.
The river's commercial salmon season is very brief, beginning in May for chinook salmon and sockeye salmon for periods lasting days or hours at a time. Sport fishing by contrast is open all year long, but peak season on the Copper River lasts from August to September when the silver salmon (aka coho salmon) runs. The fisheries are co-managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the Department of the Interior Federal Subsistence Board.