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Fairbanks Fish Species

Fairbanks Fish Species From the beautiful arctic grayling to the fighting coho, fishing in Fairbanks is never dull!

Fairbanks Fish Stocking Updates

More Fairbanks: Overview Articles Fish Species Businesses Fish Stocking Updates Alaska Fish Stocking Update for Fairbanks Alaska Lake Fishing Information Back to Fairbanks Area Page

Interior Silver Salmon

Coho salmon, commonly referred to as silver salmon, are the second least abundant of the Pacific salmon, after Chinook, and within the 49th state, silvers range continuously from the far southe

Northern Pike Northern pike are opportunistic, voracious feeders programmed to eliminate the weak, and their keen predatory disposition is matched with endowments perfectly suited for the job. Fish are the preferred fodder for pike, and it really doesn’t matter which kind. They will feed on whitefish, suckers, cisco, grayling, trout, juvenile salmon and even other […]

In Search of the Holy Grayling

By Darryl Quidort Of the various fish I’ve caught with a fly rod, grayling are my favorite. It’s not the difficulty of the endeavor, the fishing skill required or the great fighting ability of the

Driving Grayling Airborne

Heavily Palmered Flies & the Skate By G.B. Barnard IV The Arctic grayling (Thymallus Arcticus (Pallus)) is a marvelous fish. While the majority of Alaska predators key themselves directly around

Arctic Icons

Arctic Icons By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Grayling have probably saved more trips than any other fish in Alaska. Let me count the ways… For two straight days, we’d had plenty to worry about other than fish. The stream had looked tight but manageable from the air, but we’d spent more time dragging the rafts […]

Interior Grayling

By Matt Hage By the end of June, every road-accessible waterway in Alaska that holds even a rumor of a king salmon is buried under a tangled web of 60-pound test and surly fishermen slinging he

Fish U: Aquatic Education in Alaska

By Shann Paul Jones “It doesn’t matter if you believe in eating every fish that you catch or releasing all of them; I think we can all agree that wanton waste is a despicable practice,” said Sha

Fairbanks Arctic Char

Fairbanks Arctic char are available throughout the Alaska angling season (including being a primary ice-fishing quarry for these area anglers. Primarily a stillwater fish, Arctic char will be found in different parts of their lakes and at varying depths during certain times of the year. Thankfully their movements are largely predictable, dependant as they are […]

Fairbanks Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout One of Alaska (and the world’s) most popular gamefish, the rainbow trout is not indigenous to the Tanana or Yukon drainages, but the species has been successfully stocked in more than

Fairbanks King Salmon

King Salmon The least abundant of the five species of North America’s Pacific salmon—albeit also the largest—the Chinook salmon range south from near Point Hope just north of Kotzebue Sound to t

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