Description
June 2009 | All About the Salt
Departments
Editor’s Creel 8
Alaska Traveler 14
Derby Calendar 18
Fishing for a Compliment 20
Haugen’s Tackle Tech 26
Richey’s Salmon Sense 30
Fish Alaska Boats 36
Fish Alaska Recipe 108
Advertiser Index 110
Final Drift 114
Features
Fish Alaska Freshwater: It’s Good to be King
by Greg Thomas
Join Greg Thomas as he revisits fishing for king salmon all over the state of Alaska.
Fish Alaska Travel: Going Back
by Les Palmer
Reliving adventures in Prince William Sound with Les Palmer.
Telling Stories
by Andrew Cremata
Stepping back in time to an unspoiled Alaska in Pelican with Andrew Cremata.
Olga Bay Adventure
by John Page Williams
Surrounded by the beauty of Kodiak Island, and lots and lots of fish, John Page Williams and his crew catch their quota.
Fish Alaska Saltwater: Halibut On Your Own
by Joe Byers
Southeast Alaska offers great fishing from small boats that season those tasty fillets with extra fun. Join Joe Byers on this deep-sea excursion.
Trophy Lings & Yelloweye
by James Fraioli
The waters of the Gulf of Alaska can be primal, rugged, and rough, but so are the enormous lingcod and yelloweye rockfish that make this cold-water domain home. James Fraioli fishes Montague Island.
COVER/A denizen of the deep. © John Yeager