Editor’s note: The following story is now available in the September issue of Alaska Sporting Journal Photos courtesy of Hillarie Putnam and the History Channel By Chris Cocoles Sometimes, you’re just preordained to have an adventurous disposition. You’re named for one...
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed shutting down brown bear hunting at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge until May 31, 2015. That’s not going to sit well within Alaska’s borders. From the Fairbanks News-Miner: Using state data...
Photo courtesy of Waterfall Resort Gretchen Porter is the Reigning Queen of Waterfall Resort’s 2014 $100K “King of Kings” Tournament in Alaska Newport Beach, CA’s petite resident catches the biggest king salmon of the season: A whopping 65.5 lbs! Ketchikan, Alaska –...
Photo courtesy of Nyle Lightcap Homer/Chamber of Commerce Jackson Hobbs has quite a tale to tell to fellow Eagle Scouts. He caught a 335-pound halibut that put him as the leader in the clubhouse during the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby....
Last winter, we profiled the Discovery Channel show, Bering Sea Gold, focusing our story on opera singer/gold dredger Emily Riedel. The show returns with a new season on Friday night; here are some details on the upcoming season, plus couple...
Deadliest Catch, the Discovery Channel’s ode to Alaskan crab boat skippers and their crews, has appeared on our cover twice this year (see above), and we were excited to see the show that’s now in its 10th season scored bit...
Here’s an interesting take on last week’s Mount Polley mine accident in British Columbia that was sure to trigger a response in Alaska, which has been locked in a tug-of-war over the Pebble Mine project. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The collapse...
Our friends at the Discovery Channel have been great in setting us up with some interviews to do profiles on both Johnathan Hillstrand, captain of the crabbing vessel Time Bandit, and the Northwestern father and daughter team of Capt. Sig Hansen and his...
