Steelhead fishing is good right now on the Situk River. Water levels are low at 118 cfs, making boating a little skinny, and the fish a little skiddish, but makes walking along and wading in the river easy. Rain is in...
Sport fisheries of the Susitna, West Cook Inlet, and Little Susitna rivers have been closed to fishing for king salmon through separate emergency orders in anticipation of run sizes less than experienced in 2023 when all area escapement goals were missed....
"Recreational anglers and charter operators fishing for salmon in the Cook Inlet EEZ Area must check regulations established for Federal waters to ensure they are in compliance with bag and possession limits."
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Robbi Mecus, age 52 of Keene Valley, NY, died of injuries sustained in the fall. The surviving partner, a 30-year-old woman from California, sustained serious injuries and was rescued by NPS mountaineering rangers on Friday morning and flown by air...
At 7:00 am Friday morning, the park’s high altitude rescue helicopter pilot and two mountaineering rangers launched from Talkeetna. After an initial reconnaissance flight of the accident zone, a mountaineering ranger was short-hauled via long line to the awaiting climbers. Together,...
Mark Glassmaker of Alaska Fishing With Mark Glassmaker (mgfalaska.com) related this to me: “On the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers, the first good number of silvers arrived in mid-August, but with such a robust sockeye return and the limit being six fish...
"Chad’s experience in and knowledge about Alaska, including his time as deputy regional forester, makes him the ideal leader for the region. His dedication to conservation and land management, combined with his exceptional leadership strength, makes him well fit to address...