Table of Contents February 2006

 VOL 6. Issue 2  
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DEPARTMENTS

DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Creel 8
Alaska Traveler 12
Ten trips we want to take
Book Review 14
Fishing with my Father
Fishing for a Compliment 16
Advertiser Index 76
Final Drift 82
The Missing Lynx
 

PLUS
Reader Recipe Contest 24
Fish Alaska’s readers submitted some fabulous recipes. Here are the four finalists in a cookoff at Kincaid Grill.
by Melissa Norris
 

FEATURES

The Fish Alaska Calendar 19
Want to fish for something specific? Here is a guide that is indispensible. Planning by run times puts you where the fish are, when the fish are there. by Tyson Radley O’Connell

The Alaska Highway 34
Here we leave those delicate Canadian trout and move up to the lunkers of Alaska. Dave Vedder drives and fishes the Alaska Highway, part 2 of 2.

The Big-Bite Kings of Sitka 42
Sitka produces some of the hottest king salmon fishing in southeast Alaska in June. Plan now to get in on the action. by Terry Sheely

The Halibut Diaries 52
How about a 300-plus pound flatfish in your 14-foot Boston Whaler? Here’s how Greg Thomas helped a couple of fishermen in their 70s take home a prize, along with a few other anecdotes from Southeast.

Tale of Two Rivers 60
Floating the Goodnews River for the second time, Dave Atcheson hooks up with a (relatively) unknown group to test their luck and endurance on very high water.

Fish Alaska: Seldovia 66
Publisher Marcus Weiner heads to the wildest Fourth of July celebration on the Kenai Peninsula and they catch some fish, and enjoy the festivities.

COVER / Ana Taylor and Trevor Arndt are all smiles after this halibut. © Marcus Weiner

BONUS SECTION

Build Your Own Smokehouse 30
For the fisherman with everything, including lots of fish, here is a solution to making your own gourmet smoked salmon at home. By A.E. Poynor

COVER/A beautiful rainbow just prior to release. © Brian O’Keefe
 

 
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