You could see this one coming. All the signs were dismal pointing toward the 2014 Kenai River king salmon season. Then came the news the famed river would be closed to fishing until July 1. Now comes the sobering news the...
The Environmental Protection Agency made a new proposal that could threaten the Pebble Mine project at Bristol Bay. Opponents to the mine point to Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery, and the EPA has come to the area’s defense and opposed the project. ...
I remember going to Baltimore a few years back – for some reason choosing this mid-Atlantic destination with a friend in the middle of torrid and humid July. Perhaps it was because my vacation window was usually open in the middle...
PHOTO BY JEFF LUND Many of our stories in Alaska Sporting Journal provide you with tips and experiences for do-it-yourself Alaskan adventures. While having a guide is comforting, and, in many instances, more likely conducive to fishing or hunting success, there’s a...
Happy Fourth of July all! One of the stories we have running in this month’s Alaska Sporting Journal is something I don’t think I would even attempt: the Mount Marathon Race in Seward. Fortunately, two of our intrepid ASJ contributors, Bixler McClure...
The State of Alaska has decided to not carry on with another season of the National Geographic Channel reality series Alaska State Troopers. From the Alaska Dispatch: Trooper director Col. James Cockrell on Tuesday emailed Department of Public Safety employees announcing...
Good news for Kenai River-area anglers: for the first time in a year, starting today, you can keep a coveted king from the river. From the Anchorage Daily News : King salmon returns to the Kenai have plummeted since 2009,...
Editor’s note: This story appears in the June issue of Alaska Sporting Journal. Alaskan Sara Pozonsky is making a documentary on the farmed salmon vs. wild salmon controversy. BY CHRIS COCOLES The boat speeds across the waters off the northeast coast...
