This story might be hard to read but it’s a heartwarming one. Per CNN, Navy veteran Connie Willhite, 68, was nearing the end battling colon cancer, but he wished for one more opportunity to go fishing. Here’s CNN with more: The...
The following appears in the September issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: BY CHRIS COCOLES It’s as big a rite of passage for duck hunters as dusting off decoys, flooding fields and training dogs to retrieve downed birds from the swampy muck...
Our friends at the Discovery Channel provided this preview for Friday’s new episode of Bering Sea Gold. Here’s what to expect: Friday, September 9 9PM ET/PT – BERING SEA GOLD The Plague: With the ice season in high gear, a flu...
Sorry for just posting this now (I was out of the office for a few days around the Labor Day weekend!). The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Waterfowl hunting season opened on September...
BY RANDY WELLS As a charter boat skipper, there is nothing that puts huge smiles on anglers’ faces like the aggressive bite and fight of silversalmon. Each July, coho flood into the Gulf of Alaska and make their way to...
The Hartford Courant shared the story of a University of Connecticut student’s harrowing brush with disaster at sea while working on her father’s fishing boat off the Alaska coast. Here’s reporter Christine Dempsey with more from Megan Potter’s experience, when the boat...
The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: (Juneau) — A population survey conducted earlier this summer places the Western Arctic caribou herd at 201,000 animals, indicating the herd’s recent rate of decline has...
The following appears in the August issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: BY DENNIS MUSGRAVES My pace was quick walking down the steep gravel path from the parking area. I was anxious to see how many people were out fishing the afternoon...