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A bull moose browses off Lakeshore Drive on Tuesday. The moose appears to have only three brow tines on either side and thus wouldn’t be a legal kill it it were outside city limits.-Photo courtesy of George Harbeson

Outdoors & Recreation

Moose hunters’ chances good as season opens

For hunters heading out at the start of the fall moose hunting season this week, as in 2013,…

Friday marks beginning of snagging on parts of Spit

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Friday marks beginning of snagging on parts of Spit

Last Saturday during the incoming tide, I decided to take on a unique challenge by attempting to simultaneously…

Growing season marked by abundance

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Growing season marked by abundance

Yet another oddly gorgeous day. Who needs any more studies on climate change — just ask a gardener. …

Scientist, author and musician David Montgomery plays at Cook Inletkeeper’s Splash Bash on July 31.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Scientist, author focuses on salmon at Inletkeeper’s annual Splash Bash

Not every scientist starts out a talk playing guitar, but David Montgomery, the speaker at Cook Inletkeeper’s 17th…

A gull intrudes at the Buttwhacker cleaning table.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Gulls descend on cleaning tables

Cries of “fish on” and the splash of jumping silver salmon are welcome signs that after years of…

Anglers rim the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon this week in hopes of catching a silver salmon. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Fishing superstitions no laughing matter when success counts

My wife and I relearned a lesson over the last week and it wasn’t pretty. Since The Fishing…

Remember this glorious summer come January

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Remember this glorious summer come January

Hold this growing season close to your heart. Treat it like a treasure to be taken from its…

Fishermen work the incoming tide on Thursday afternoon at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Good ol’ days back at Fishing Hole

If you haven’t visited The Fishing Hole lately, there’s only one way to describe it. It’s a “Back…

A trumpeter swan preens on a dock

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Preening on the dock of the lake

Good ol’ days back at Fishing Hole

Outdoors & Recreation

Good ol’ days back at Fishing Hole

If you haven’t visited The Fishing Hole lately, there’s only one way to describe it. It’s a “Back…

If you can’t catch anything, imitate success

Outdoors & Recreation

If you can’t catch anything, imitate success

Now that the silvers are starting to enter the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon, it’s time for some of…

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Trooper Reports

July 10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted a 37-year-old Anchorage man and a 43-year-old Homer woman personal-use dip netting…

If you can’t catch anything, imitate success

Outdoors & Recreation

If you can’t catch anything, imitate success

Now that the silvers are starting to enter the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon, it’s time for some of…