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Goodpaster River Drainage

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations modifying the Tanana River area defaults, as the 2026 book words them

Tanana River area County · River · AK

Has its own special rules
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The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from AK's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

Whole water
  • Open year-round to sport fishing.
  • June 1-August 31: Only one unbaited, single-hook, artificial lure or fly may be used.
  • Closed to all salmon fishing.
  • From the confluence of the Tanana River to an ADF&G marker located approximately 25 miles upstream:
  • King salmon: Catch-and-release fishing only.

Tanana River area (Northern Region) rules (base layer)

Area waters: The Tanana River Area consists of all waters of the Tanana River Drainage from its mouth at the Yukon River upstream to the Canadian border.

ADF&G 2026 Northern book - Tanana River · Captured in the state's own words; checked against the source July 4, 2026.

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

Where this stretch begins and ends

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The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.

Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.

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Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.

At the water nowContext

Overnight
38°F
Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 mph · 0% precip
Wednesday
63°F
Partly Sunny
Wind 0 to 10 mph · 2% precip
Wednesday Night
42°F
Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph · 9% precip

Streamflow: 832 cfs at goodpaster r nr big delta ak (2026-07-29 01:15)

Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.

What are you fishing for here?Advice

Pick from the species named in Goodpaster River Drainage's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

Receipts

Alaska statewide sport fishing rules
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 3, 2026.
Tanana River area (Northern Region) rules (base layer)
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 4, 2026.
Special rules - Goodpaster River Drainage
This water
Checked against this official source on July 4, 2026.
These rules matched the official source when we last checked (July 4, 2026). If a future check ever disagrees, this page gets flagged automatically. How we check our data

Local services near Goodpaster River Drainage

Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.

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