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Reeling ‘Em In: Kings acting ‘a bit schizoid’

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

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Reeling ‘Em In: River closures means best fishing is by the sea

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

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Reeling ‘Em In: ‘Skunked’ continues to be the operative word

Kings starting to dribble in at the fishin’ hole.

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Reeling ‘Em In: Memorial Day weekend brought sunny weather, but not a lot of bites

Look to Ninilchik River for best hatchery chinooks.

Fishermen young and old try their luck at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on June 4, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Reeling ‘Em In: Fishing season begins in earnest

Weather forecast is sunny side up with good tides.

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Unhinged Alaska: Here we go again …

If memory serves, the years leading up to 2008 inflation had quite a run

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Unhinged Alaska: Ides of January fit for a caesar

Julius Caesar employed a seer named Spurinna, who repeatedly warned him about impending treachery for a month leading…

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Unhinged Alaska: Enough is enough

Ole Mother Nature must have misplaced her backup box of vintage dregs from a Cold Duck wine vat.

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Unhinged Alaska: Sometimes I wonder, who needs who

Dog whispers we are not. Suckers for unconditional love, you bet.

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Reeling ‘Em In: So long and thanks for all the fish tips: Nick closes out the season

I had heard rumors that there were still some jumpers accompanying the incoming tides at the Nick Dudiak…

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Reeling ‘Em In: Summer fishing is winding down

We have reached the section of the summer’s trail where it starts to wind down into the valleys…

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Reeling ‘Em In: Study techniques of the winner, not the whiner

I often get asked if it’s tough to write a fishing column while living in a community where…

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Reeling ‘Em In: Know your fish and avoid encounters with the wildlife troopers

Fish and game handbook has pictures to help identify species.