Alaska Trophy Fish Minimums
The ADF&G Trophy Fish Program thresholds for Alaska fish, with a plain note that Alaska prints no record table.
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Alaska: certificate minimums, and why no record table appears
ADF&G publishes no Alaska state record list that this site could find. Its Trophy Fish Program instead sets minimum weights and catch-and-release lengths that earn a certificate.
The table below carries those 72 minimums for 23 fish names, labeled as thresholds; nothing on it is a record and no angler is named.
Minimum weights and lengths from the ADF&G Trophy Fish Program (minimum requirements PDF), read November 14, 2026. They are certificate thresholds, not records.
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Every Alaska trophy minimum ADF&G prints
| Fish as printed | Program | Category | Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Char/Dolly Varden | adult | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Brook Trout | adult | trophy weight | 3 pounds |
| Burbot | adult | trophy weight | 8 pounds |
| Chum salmon | adult | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Coho salmon | adult | trophy weight | 15 pounds |
| Cutthroat trout (sea-run) | adult | trophy weight | 3 pounds |
| Arctic grayling | adult | trophy weight | 3 pounds |
| Halibut | adult | trophy weight | 200 pounds |
| King salmon (from waters other than the Kenai River) | adult | trophy weight | 40 pounds |
| Lake trout | adult | trophy weight | 20 pounds |
| Lingcod | adult | trophy weight | 50 pounds |
| Northern pike | adult | trophy weight | 15 pounds |
| Pink salmon | adult | trophy weight | 6 pounds |
| Nonpelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | adult | trophy weight | 18 pounds |
| Pelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | adult | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Rainbow/Steelhead trout | adult | trophy weight | 15 pounds |
| Sablefish (Black Cod) | adult | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Sheefish | adult | trophy weight | 30 pounds |
| Sockeye salmon | adult | trophy weight | 12 pounds |
| Whitefish | adult | trophy weight | 4 pounds |
| Arctic Char/Dolly Varden | youth | trophy weight | 8 pounds |
| Brook Trout | youth | trophy weight | 2 pounds |
| Burbot | youth | trophy weight | 6 pounds |
| Chum salmon | youth | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Coho salmon | youth | trophy weight | 12 pounds |
| Cutthroat trout (sea-run) | youth | trophy weight | 2 pounds |
| Arctic grayling | youth | trophy weight | 2 pounds |
| Halibut | youth | trophy weight | 100 pounds |
| King salmon (from waters other than the Kenai River) | youth | trophy weight | 30 pounds |
| Lake trout | youth | trophy weight | 15 pounds |
| Lingcod | youth | trophy weight | 40 pounds |
| Northern pike | youth | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Pink salmon | youth | trophy weight | 6 pounds |
| Nonpelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | youth | trophy weight | 18 pounds |
| Pelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | youth | trophy weight | 10 pounds |
| Sheefish | youth | trophy weight | 20 pounds |
| Sockeye salmon | youth | trophy weight | 8 pounds |
| Whitefish | youth | trophy weight | 3 pounds |
| Arctic Char/Dolly Varden | adult | catch release length | 27 inches |
| Arctic grayling | adult | catch release length | 18 inches |
| Brook Trout | adult | catch release length | 18 inches |
| Burbot | adult | catch release length | 30 inches |
| Chum salmon | adult | catch release length | 32 inches |
| Coho salmon | adult | catch release length | 32 inches |
| King salmon | adult | catch release length | 45 inches |
| Sockeye salmon | adult | catch release length | 30 inches |
| Pink salmon | adult | catch release length | 25 inches |
| Coastal cutthroat trout (sea-run) | adult | catch release length | 20 inches |
| Lake trout | adult | catch release length | 34 inches |
| Lingcod | adult | catch release length | 50 inches |
| Northern pike | adult | catch release length | 40 inches |
| Rainbow/steelhead trout | adult | catch release length | 30 inches |
| Nonpelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | adult | catch release length | 30 inches |
| Pelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | adult | catch release length | 25 inches |
| Sheefish | adult | catch release length | 36 inches |
| Arctic Char/Dolly Varden | youth | catch release length | 25 inches |
| Arctic grayling | youth | catch release length | 16 inches |
| Brook Trout | youth | catch release length | 16 inches |
| Burbot | youth | catch release length | 28 inches |
| Chum salmon | youth | catch release length | 30 inches |
| Coho salmon | youth | catch release length | 30 inches |
| King salmon | youth | catch release length | 45 inches |
| Sockeye salmon | youth | catch release length | 28 inches |
| Pink salmon | youth | catch release length | 25 inches |
| Coastal cutthroat trout (sea-run) | youth | catch release length | 16 inches |
| Lake trout | youth | catch release length | 30 inches |
| Lingcod | youth | catch release length | 45 inches |
| Northern pike | youth | catch release length | 35 inches |
| Rainbow/steelhead trout | youth | catch release length | 25 inches |
| Nonpelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | youth | catch release length | 25 inches |
| Pelagic Rockfish (see qualifying species on next page) | youth | catch release length | 20 inches |
| Sheefish | youth | catch release length | 36 inches |
Minimum weights and lengths from the ADF&G Trophy Fish Program (minimum requirements PDF), read November 14, 2026. They are certificate thresholds, not records.
Alaska fish pages that carry these thresholds
- King salmonbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Silver salmonbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Sockeye salmonbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Pink salmonbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Chum salmonbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Rainbow trout and steelheadbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Cutthroat troutbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Lake troutbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Dolly Vardenbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Arctic charbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Brook troutbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Arctic graylingbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Northern pikebooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Burbotbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Sheefishbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Whitefishbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Pacific halibutbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Rockfishbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Lingcodbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Sablefishbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Sharksbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Spiny dogfishbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Herring and smeltbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Squidbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Eulachonbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
- Yelloweye rockfishbooklet headings, stocking and trophy lines
Alaska trophy minimums, answered
Does Alaska keep a state record list?
ADF&G publishes none that was found; third-party lists are not agency sources and are not used here.
How does the ADF&G Trophy Fish Program work?
An ADF&G program that issues certificates for fish that meet minimum weights or catch-and-release lengths.
Are these minimums records?
No. They are the lowest size that qualifies for a certificate.
Why are no anglers named?
ADF&G lists no record holders in the sources used, so none appear.
How many minimum lines are there?
72 lines for 23 fish names.
Do youth anglers have separate minimums?
The table lists the program column as ADF&G prints it: adult and youth.
Where is the original list?
The source note under the table links to ADF&G’s PDF.
Does a certified weight need a scale?
ADF&G’s program rules say fish not weighed on a certified scale are not considered; read its rules page before weighing.