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Still time to put fish in freezer (or canner or smoker or soup pot or...)

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Still time to put fish in freezer (or canner or smoker or soup pot or…)

As August starts to slowly glissade (“butt scoot” for those of you who consider outdoor recreation as playing…

The crowd-pleasing Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs are making a return to the Kenai Peninsula State Fair in Ninilchik Aug. 16-18. The six little piggies are set to entertain as they race around the track to the cheering of fair crowds just as these little running porkers did in 2006.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky,  Homer News

Outdoors & Recreation

Pigs, parade back for ’13 Ninilchik fair

The Ninilchik fairgrounds was home to two days of rodeo excitement in July. Last weekend it was the…

Fishing for silvers heats up; here’s how you won’t get skunked

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing for silvers heats up; here’s how you won’t get skunked

Flat Island and Point Pogibshi have been heating up for silvers lately, so maybe those reports from boats…

Activity picking up around The Fishing Hole

Outdoors & Recreation

Activity picking up around The Fishing Hole

Lately there have been growing rumors about silvers lurking outside The Fishing Hole.  Until noon Monday I thought…

Outdoors & Recreation

Dipnetting goes 24/7 on Kenai River

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game Monday announced the extension of Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishing to…

Halibut dining on herring, squid

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Halibut dining on herring, squid

This summer the “Reeling ‘Em In” gmail inbox has been busier than a confessional booth on the day…

Outdoors & Recreation

Area shooters medal during black powder event held July 10-14

Four Anchor Point shooters and one Nikolaevsk shooter competed at the Alaska State Territorial Shoot July 10-14. Four…

Swans glide across Beluga Lake.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsy, Homer News

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Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to see ‘home’

“You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live…

Fishing Hole action slow; halibut heats up

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing Hole action slow; halibut heats up

Anyone cruising by the Fishing Hole recently must be thinking they would come across more people if they…

Outdoors & Recreation

Dipnetters not allowed to keep kings

Dipnetters participating in the personal-use fishery at the mouth of the Kenai River are prohibited from retaining king…

Ninilchik rodeo family camaraderie is evident in each event, whether it’s a young cowboy experiencing the thrill of calf riding, a bull rider trying to hang on for eight seconds, or the two-member teams in the roping competitions.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Outdoors & Recreation

Rain can’t dampen rodeo excitement

One minute, Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds’ bleachers were empty and water-soaked clouds hovered above the rodeo arena. Within minutes,…

When will silvers show at Fishing Hole?

Outdoors & Recreation

When will silvers show at Fishing Hole?

The vast staff here at the headquarters of “Reeling ’Em In” has received a plethora of inquires as…

News

Halibut changes on table

A revised version of the controversial halibut catch sharing plan is once again back up for federal review. …