Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, according to a rule made final this week.

Justin Johnson surveyed his nets and the large net reel of his bowpicker the F/V White Night at the Cordova Harbor in early June, as he prepared for the next day’s opener. “So a 20 pound king is a ...

From the reports I’ve heard about the July 1-14 commercial troll opening, the king salmon for some of the fishermen averaged only 10 to 11 pounds. The trollers “of old” remember a 20- to 30-pound ...

We are out here fishing in Petersburg Alaska, on the Blind River Rapids - geared up with the Stingeye Spinners targeting those big Alaskan salmon! Thanks to Alaska Life Lodges for such a great Alaskan ...

SEATTLE — A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen — after a ...

Crew members adjust the net as it releases fish aboard the Northern Hawk factory trawler on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 in the Bering Sea. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News) Amid catastrophic shortfalls ...

My wife Jeanie, on her quest to see all 50 states, was checking Alaska off the list and was nice enough to invite me to join her. Of course, when her daughter Liesl found out, and that fishing would ...

August means coho fishing in Juneau, and there are few places better to sport fish for silvers near Juneau than the west side of Admiralty Island. Today is the last day of Territorial Sportsmen’s 72nd ...

Waters off Sitka were warm enough to lure fish from the south, and local anglers took advantage of conditions to harvest ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. American fishing boats catching threatened Canadian salmon was flagged as a top ...