Anchorage, Alaska Fishing Articles
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Packrafting the Goodsnews
Packrafting the Goodsnews By Larry Bartlett There’s nothing that gets the season started better than an epic adventure in southwest Alaska, home to some of Alaska’s most prolific fisheries, located in some of Read More...
A Journey to Wood-Tikchik
A Journey to Wood-Tikchik By Dave Atcheson As the floatplane ascends and banks, wings waving in farewell, I try to ignore the slight pang of uneasiness that wells up. It’s the realization of Read More...
Moraine Creek Strategies
Moraine Creek Strategies By Larry Tullis Wading chest deep across the swift, clear current spooked numerous big rainbows, but I didn’t dare backup. The big brown bear was now just a couple rod-lengths Read More...
Chinook Bonanza on the Nushagak
By Marcus Weiner After nearly 15 years spent traipsing around Alaska, we find ourselves coming back to places where the fishing was hot, the guides exceptional and the lodges top-notch. Such is definitely Read More...
Chrome Combos
By Troy Leatherman Three clearwater braids forked from the silty main channel, dissecting an extended gravel plateau left uncovered ever since the higher flows of early summer. Upstream, on the farthest bank, just Read More...
Fly Rods in Magic Waters
By E. Donnall Thomas, Jr. I’m standing beside an unnamed creek that rises in the foothills of the Alaska Range and runs across a few miles of rolling tundra before emptying into one Read More...
Chasing Kvichak Rainbows
It’s an angler’s river, too, with a uniform gravel bottom that’s easy to wade, very few snags, and an even-tempered flow. It runs gin clear in the upper stretches, making sight-fishing possible, and Read More...
Royalty Abounds in this Breeding Ground of Kings
Royalty Abounds in this Breeding Ground of King By Marcus Weiner My fishing partner andI have spent the last three hours hooking one chrome sockeye after another, landing one in five and relishing Read More...
MAT-SU: Peak Expectations in the Valley
Mat-Su: Peak Expectations in the Valley Story by Troy Letherman The Matanuska-Susitna Valley—Mat-Su, for short, or just “the valley” if you’re a local—manages the feat of providing spectacular opportunity to the outdoor enthusiast while Read More...
A Pilgrim’s Guide to Deshka Kings
A Pilgrim's Guide to Deshka Kings By Dan Bonney You’ve probably already tried all the bank-fishing options for kings, hopefully with a little bit of success. But the only choices for inexpensive freshwater Read More...
Fish Upper & Lower Lake Creek
Fish Upper & Lower Lake Creek Floating Lake Creek By Dave Doucet Fishing Lower Lake Creek By Alan Powers Draining some 60-plus miles from its headwaters at Chelatna Lake near the base of Read More...
Salmon Refugees: The Susitna Valley’s Weekend Warriors
Salmon Refugees: The Susitna Valley's Weekend Warriors By Matt Hage Pulling into the dusty campground along Montana Creek, we idle through a shantytown of super-sized motor homes and blue tarps. The acrid smell Read More...
White Fish & Whitewater
Wild Fish & Whitewater By Les Gara Some Alaska rivers are known for their fishing, for their whitewater, or just for their scenery and remoteness. There are few, like one whitewater stream that Read More...