In late August, Joe Chmeleck, owner of The Lodge at Otter Cover in Homer, reeled in a rock greenling with colors so vibrant, it went viral on Facebook.
With fish derbies all across the state, all year long, there may not have hooked just a big fish, but a big cash prize. The popular and historic Valdez Fish Derbies concluded September 3rd featuring some hefty halibut and some stout silver salmon.
Rain or shine, fish are on the line. However, fewer and fewer fish are entering the once popular and productive creeks of Campbell, Bird and Ship in the Anchorage-area.
In 2016, Gov. Bill Walker signed House Bill 128 into law establishing August 10 of each year as Alaska Wild Salmon Day While the day is celebrated once a year, salmon are a way of life for many Alaskans.
When it comes to casting a line on the Kenai River, there seems to be no shortage of places to fish. However, you can come away with a shortage of fish if you don’t know what you’re doing.
It is that time of the fishing season where we say “so long” to king salmon with harvesting closing mid-July, and we greet with a “hello” silvers in the early stages of their run, and fishermen don’t have to venture too far from the Anchorage area to catch some coho.
Dipnetting on the Kenai has opened for personal use salmon fishing, with hundreds of thousands of sockeye harvested annually from July 10 through July 31.
Digging for clams on the Ninilchik beaches is digging up some old memories. Thousands of people from near and far flocked to the once-popular clamming area from July 1-4 in hopes of leaving with a limit of 15 razor clams per day.
The beauty of fishing is that it can be enjoyed by all walks of life, no matter the age or experience — except for one day a year in Ninilchik where king salmon fishing is only available to the future fishermen and women of Alaska 15 years and younger.
Sport fishing season is o-fish-ally here in Alaska, but before going out to enjoy the diverse opportunities the state provides, residents must get a sport fishing license, which can be obtained online through the Alaska Department of Fish and Game mobile app, their office, or a local vendor.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game begins the Alaska Board of Fisheries. One of the topics the board is covering is Proposal 140, limiting commercial fishing near the Aleutian Islands.
The Alaska’s News Source crew has been all around the state this year searching for Fishing Report stories far and wide, here are some of the highlights from what was an action packed season.
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The Alaska’s News Source Fishing Report is typically done by sports reporter Austin Sjong — but for this week’s edition, the reigns have been passed to reporter Carly Schreck, who battled the rain on the Kenai Peninsula.
Alaska is home to some of the best fishing in the world and just because Anchorage is the largest city in the state, that doesn’t mean that the fishing isn’t good. You just have to know where to go.
On the surface the turquoise waters of the Kasilof look straight out of a post card but the Kenai Rivers little brother can produce some serious fish as well.
Fishing on the Deshka River is very memorable not just because the thrill of catching a King Salmon is unmatched but because of the beautiful views. This Fishing Report is memorable for a different reason though as John and Parker Bohan are spending their honeymoon adventuring in Alaska.
Pullen Pond, a small pond just outside of downtown Skagway, is around two to three feet deep in most places, but has a deep spot right in the middle that measures closer to eight or nine feet.
The 2022 Beach Clean-up and Surf Fishing Tournament was hosted by the Sons of the American Legion Post 18 in Ninilchik and the guide service Compassion Thru Fishing.
The fishing season is off and running in Alaska and so is the Fishing Report, we run out to TwentyMIle river to check out the Hooligan run. We also breakdown what was a textbook fish throw and some top plays from an action packed week in Alaskan sports with Austin Sjong.
For years Alaskans have been lining the sides of Twentymile river just past Girdwood to fill their buckets with Hooligan, and this year that is where our weekly Fishing Report segment starts.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued three emergency orders restricting king salmon fishing in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and on the Kenai Peninsula to catch-and-release.
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that disasters took place in 14 fisheries across Alaska over the last four years, and will be eligible for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disaster declaration funding requested by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries this week amended one of its fishery management plans to now bar commercial salmon fishermen from operating in the federal waters of Cook Inlet.
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