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    Articles by Nick Varney
    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Target silvers at first light...
    By Nick Varney • August 24, 2022 5:30 am

    Well now, August has just about jetted through its allotment of solar days and should be deeply embarrassed about it….

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Nick offers tips on how...
    By Nick Varney • August 17, 2022 5:30 am

    Its always great to receive emails from our out-of-state visitors, especially when it’s their first trip to Homer and they…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: More tips from Nick on...
    By Nick Varney • August 10, 2022 5:30 am

    Last week we suggested a few basic guidelines on how to roll up the lagoon coho for the barb-b or…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Hints from Nick on catchin’...
    By Nick Varney • August 3, 2022 5:30 am

    Now that the silvers have started showing up to make some serious noise at the Ye Ole Fishing Hole, I’ve…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In:
    By Nick Varney • July 27, 2022 5:30 am

    Mother Nature’s wardrobe presentations lately have reflected some schizoid indecisiveness along with blustery moods.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Reds kicking it up in...
    By Nick Varney • July 20, 2022 5:30 am

    Fish early for silvers.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Heads up: Silvers are sneakin’...
    By Nick Varney • July 13, 2022 5:30 am

    Anyone driving by the Spit’s fishing lagoon recently must have thought that they could have spotted more action at an…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Check out cleaning tables for...
    By Nick Varney • July 6, 2022 5:30 am

    The Spit was rockin’ last weekend, even though the infamous Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon suffered serious supply chain issues when…

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: Who knows what lurks within a...
    By Nick Varney • July 6, 2022 2:30 am

    Chill. Don’t despair.

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    People in an inflatable kayak fish off the end of the Homer Spit on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Reeling ‘Em In: Fishing gets exciting with snagging...
    By Nick Varney • June 29, 2022 5:30 am

    Snagging opener runs through 11:59 p.m. Friday at Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Kings acting ‘a bit schizoid’
    By Nick Varney • June 22, 2022 5:30 am

    It’s hard to tell what’s worse: thieving seals or *%$@#0# snaggers

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: River closures means best fishing...
    By Nick Varney • June 15, 2022 5:30 am

    What a morning. The changing zephyrs have finally dispersed the coverlet of smoke masking the inlet and exposing the spectacular…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: ‘Skunked’ continues to be the...
    By Nick Varney • June 8, 2022 5:30 am

    Kings starting to dribble in at the fishin’ hole.

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