https://twitter.com/Alaska/status/882353949667319808 From the Associated Press (via KTVA TV): The summer season for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will be three weeks shorter than usual. KFSK.org reports the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Thursday the season will be...
Happy Independence Day! Celebrate your country’s birthday safely today. In our sister publication California Sportsman this month we profiled Mike Nares, a Southern Californian who served multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffered traumatic injuries after his unit was attacked. As...
Another day, another bear incident in Alaska. Here’s the Juneau Empire from its weekend edition: Quick action from a Hoonah boy saved a fishing party from a charging brown bear on June 18, the Empire has learned through Alaska State Troopers...
The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Susitna River drainage king salmon anglers are advised that, in an effort to meet minimum escapement numbers, king salmon sport fisheries within the Susitna River drainage (including Deshka River)...
The followoing appears in the June issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: Editor’s Note: In last month’s Alaska Sporting Journal, we profiled Stan Zuray, one of the Alaskan homesteaders who spends part of the year in the isolated Interior community of Tanana featured...
The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: The 2017 Kenai River late-run king salmon preseason projection is for 33,000 large (> 34 inches) king salmon. This projection falls above the sustainable escapement goal (SEG)...
Kudos to the Coast Guard, which rescued two boaters whose fishing vessel capsized in waters off Kodiak Island. The Alaska Dispatch News has more: Anchorage-based Coast Guard officials received a mayday transmission from a good Samaritan boat around 7:30 a.m. Thursday....
The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Anglers are advised that the Little Susitna River is closed to fishing for king salmon beginning 6 a.m.Saturday, July 1, 2017, through the remainder of the king salmon...
