Deep Creek

Bid to be next boat launch biz

By • Nov 19, 2020
Ninilchik Chamber of Commerce

Alaska State Parks is looking for businesses to provide tractor-assisted boat launch and retrieval services at the Anchor River and Deep Creek recreation areas.

Applicants can bid on contracts now through Dec. 14. Contracts last five years, with the chance for renewal.

One business will typically provide tractor services out of each location. The previous contracts were awarded to Marine Services for Deep Creek and Anchor River Enterprises at Anchor River, said Jack Blackwell, superintendent of the Alaska Division of Parks and Recreation.

Popular fishing beaches shored up after 2017 storms

By Jay Barrett • Nov 11, 2019

        Work has finished on shoring up the bluff at two popular recreation beaches on the lower peninsula.

According to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, crews put the finishing touches on the armor rock reinforcement along about 1,200 feet of beachfront road in the Anchor River State Recreation Area, and about a quarter-mile in the Deep Creek State Recreation Area.

Emergency regulations will put limit on Lower Peninsula kings

By Jay Barrett • Feb 26, 2019

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is implementing sport fishing restrictions in the Anchor River, Deep Creek, and Ninilchik River drainages effective April 1 through July 15, 2019. Sport fishing gear is restricted to only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure in the three drainages.

A combined annual limit has been established to two king salmon 20 inches or greater in length for fish harvested in the Anchor River, Deep Creek, Ninilchik River, and all marine waters south of the latitude of the mouth of the Ninilchik River.