Halibut fishing has been slowly improving over the last couple of weeks and will continue to improve throughout May as more fish move from overwintering waters back to summer feeding areas in the Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay areas....
The grand prize for catching the largest fish in the Valdez Halibut Derby is $10,000 cash. The second-place prize is $3,000 and third place is $1,500. Halibut derby anglers can also win weekly first- and second-place prizes in the derby. The...
was 103,020 which was 64% below the abundance threshold to open the limited fishery in the Ninilchik management area. In the Clam Gulch area, razor clam abundance was assessed at the north beach and the adult abundance was 829,572 which was...
Anchorage Bowl lakes are open! Most lakes in Anchorage have been stocked with catchable sized rainbow trout so now is a good time to get out! A slow-moving wet fly or spinner to entice a bite out of a fish cruising...
“I understand that the sport fishing regulations can be complicated when there are exceptions to regulations, and then we issue emergency orders to react to conditions inseason,” said Mike Booz, Area Manager for Lower Cook Inlet sport fisheries. “For this fishery,...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries authorized the department to use its emergency order authority to open terminal harvest areas to target surplus Alaska hatchery king salmon. In 2022, the marine waters surrounding Carroll Inlet (Mountain Point Area) will be open to...
Rainbow fishing will pick up near the mouths of the Parks Highway streams, such as Willow, Kashwitna, Sheep, Montana, and the Talkeetna once the water clears up. Try smolt patterns, leaches, flesh flies, apricot beads, and sculpins....
