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Last Saturday the Nick Dudiak Lagoon was opened to snagging at noon and the weather was perfect for…

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Fishing Hole opens for snagging, purse seine fishing to open for select areas

The Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon will be open to anglers for snagging starting on Saturday.

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

Outdoors & Recreation

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

General announcements

A fisherman’s stringer of Kasilof River sockeye salmon caught in the personal-use dipnet fishery lies on the beach on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game increases Kasilof sockeye bag limit

With the Kasilof River sockeye run safely within the optimum escapement goal, the Alaska Department of Fish and…

Reeling ‘em in: Wear your PFD and learn to swim

Outdoors & Recreation

Reeling ‘em in: Wear your PFD and learn to swim

I’ve been asked several times if I can recollect landing my first fish. Nope, although I vividly recall…

This screenshot taken from Google Maps shows Koyuktolik Bay, known as Dog Fish Bay, south of Homer on the Kenai Peninsula. Four commercial fishermen from the Homer area are charged with illegally commercial fishing in Dog Fish Bay. (Courtesy Alphabet Inc)

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4 charged in illegal commercial fishing near Homer

Editor’s note: This article has been clarified that not all four fishermen are charged with the same charges.

Reeling ‘em in: Silvers being snobby at the hole

Outdoors & Recreation

Reeling ‘em in: Silvers being snobby at the hole

I dropped in on my favorite fishing spot inside the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon to pick up a…

Outdoors & Recreation

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

General announcements

Ashley Camp, left, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, poses with her 221.4-pound halibut caught on July 28, 2018 near Homer, Alaska. She caught the current Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby leader while fishing with Captain Brian Nollar, right, on the Bell Isles with Midnight Sun Charters. (Photo provided)

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Vancouver woman takes lead in derby

A Vancouver, British Columbia, woman has taken the lead in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby.

Drifwood and rock is used to line the gardens at the Jeff and Ranja Dean farm off East End Road in Homer, Alaska. It was one of five gardens featured in the July 29, 2018 Homer Garden Tour. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Community

Gardens glow in annual tour

Despite a forecast of clouds and rain, the sun shined Sunday on the Homer Garden Club’s 12 annual…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Peninsula Clarion file photo</span>                                This May 15, 2017 photo shows a drift gillnet reel on the back of a commercial fishing vessel docked in the Homer small boat harbor in Homer.

Business

Federal council names 5 commercial fishermen to committee

A committee of five fishermen, four of whom live on the Kenai Peninsula, will help provide advice to…

Reeling ‘em in: Experiment to catch wily silvers

Outdoors & Recreation

Reeling ‘em in: Experiment to catch wily silvers

Now that the silvers are running into each other and showing off at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon,…