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Glacier Fishing Charters
Alaska Traveler It seems a rare thing these days to find a charter where the captain and mate try their very hardest day in and day out to catch big fish, and lots Read More...
Pasagshak: Emerald Isle Silvers and More
by George Krumm As I looked out the window of the Era Aviation turboprop I wondered if the rain and wind were going to allow us to fish. It had been iffy for Read More...
Afognak
By Tom Watson There was something intuitively inviting about the first pool at the second bend in the river. I stood at the edge of the grassy bank and scanned across its glossy black Read More...
Ayakulik Kings
The Kings of Kodiak By Troy Letherman It’s cool in the shadows of Kodiak twilight,calendar be damned, but having settled on fleece rather than Gore-Tex—constant shilly-shallying between rain and sun had marked the day’s Read More...
Larsen Bay Bonanza
Larsen Bay By Melissa Norris The ancient village of Larsen Bay lays nestled in a stunning valley off a narrow fjord on the western coast of Kodiak Island. Just 60 miles southwest from Read More...
Old Harbor: Refuge on a Rock
By Marcus Weiner Fishing in Old Harbor, Alaska There are still many wild places in Alaska where the waters teem with fish. Old Harbor, Kodiak, is surely one of them. From salmon to halibut, Read More...
Nushagak Challenge
Story & Photos by Marcus Weiner "How about a fishing contest?" Audrey suggests in a confident, yet surprisingly innocent tone. Larry, ever the gladiator, has a quip ready to return, though he knows Read More...
Catch and Keep on the Nushagak River
Story and photo by Troy Letherman I had been looking at water all summer long, trying to make sense of something we were probably never meant to understand. Naturally, I had discovered as Read More...
Fish Paradise – the Katmai Experience
Story and photo by Troy Letherman There's nothing that can prepare a person for Katmai. After crossing Cook Inlet and the sentry peaks of its western coastline, the Navajo Chieftain slipping nimbly between Read More...
Tackling the Alagnak
Story by Melissa Norris Photo by Wayne Norris "I want to fish a river that will allow us to catch a multitude of species on a variety of gear," I told Troy. Troy Read More...
Fishing with Downriggers
by Jim Dimaggio Once you get down to it—really down to it—the key to catching more fish is simply to present your bait in the strike zone. Sound simple? It is. The more Read More...
Touring Boardwalk Lodge on Prince of Wales Island
Chasing Steelhead in Style Story and photo by Troy Letherman To start there was venison stew with morel mushrooms, pheasant cassoulet, butternut squash, cream of broccoli soup with cheddar cheese and crab. Second Read More...
Juneau Part 1
It's not just a cruise-ship destination anymore Story and photo By J.D. Richey From a fishing standpoint, Juneau often gets a bum rap. While anglers swarm other Southeast towns like Sitka, Ketchikan and Yakutat, Read More...
Silver Treasures
The Bounty of Sitka Story and photo by Kathy Anderson Trip after trip, year after year, the Sitka experience finds new ways to impress. Sitka is a personal treasure-box of memories for me Read More...
Kinesis on the Kanektok
A week on the fly at Alaska West Story by Troy Letherman There is an ethereal quality to a morning submerged in fog. For one, it's almost always unexpected, no matter how attuned Read More...