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Alaska Fishing Gear Blog

Fish Alaska magazine contributors love gear and here you can learn about rain gear, sonar systems, fly-tying materials, and more.

Getting Ready

Blog Post by Steve Meyer I know a hunter/fisherman who always kept his hunting and fishing equipment neatly placed in his garage, everything with a clear order, all pristine and ready for use. Read More...

Getting Ready2017-10-09T10:39:19-08:00

The Gear We Love This Month: Heat Holders

A pair of socks with the name “heat holders” aroused my interest when I received them with an invitation to try them out. Now cold feet (and cold hands) are my nemeses in Read More...

The Gear We Love This Month: Heat Holders2017-10-11T17:25:30-08:00

The Gear We Love This Month: Gear Essentials for 2014

Each year at Fish Alaska magazine, we make our way through piles of gear, testing, re-testing and winnowing down the competition until we can tell you with confidence the products that are going Read More...

The Gear We Love This Month: Gear Essentials for 20142017-10-09T17:43:32-08:00

All About Augers

Alaska is unique in that often we travel great distances and encounter extreme conditions in pursuit of the trophies our great state has to offer. It’s for these reasons that we have to Read More...

All About Augers2017-10-09T17:52:09-08:00

Winterizing Your Gear

Winter Chores for the Angler By Scott Haugen While the open-water fishing season might be over that doesn’t mean there’s nothing for anglers to do. Always with an eye towards next spring, when Read More...

Winterizing Your Gear2017-10-27T16:02:02-08:00

Boat Storage

How to Properly Store your Boat It is a sad day. The ocean is rough, the rivers are dropping fast, the banks are iced over and the snow is falling. For all but Read More...

Boat Storage2017-10-10T08:34:18-08:00

Team CC Award

Team CC in Wasilla has been awarded the coveted Suzuki Super Service Award for 2013. Fish Alaska is pleased to share this information about their advertising customer. The award is only given to Read More...

Team CC Award2017-10-10T10:05:27-08:00

What to Look for in Waders

Blog Post by Troy Letherman Clearly an essential piece of equipment for Alaska anglers (I’ve wet-waded twice, on purpose, in fifteen years of fishing in our great, but chilly, state), waders are also Read More...

What to Look for in Waders2017-10-10T10:54:36-08:00

Gear Mongering

I don't know how many stages of gear-mongering I've passed through, but the answer is almost certainly more than a few. At times I've gathered equipment like a conquistador pillaging three-quarters of Central Read More...

Gear Mongering2023-01-20T09:54:57-09:00

Circle Hooks for Silvers

Blog Post by Troy Letherman In the 1970s, when we first started halibut fishing off the Deep Creek coast of Cook Inlet, we used herring for bait on J hooks—hooks you had to Read More...

Circle Hooks for Silvers2017-10-10T13:31:51-08:00

Stay Warm & Dry When Fishing

This blog post comes to us from Fish Alaska contributing editor and Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead guide JD Richey, who can be reached through his website. Without exception, when the weather is Read More...

Stay Warm & Dry When Fishing2018-03-15T15:57:05-08:00
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