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Gene Jones, left, and his fishing companions show off their day's catch. Also fishing with Jones that day were his brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Darla Jones.-Photo provided

Outdoors & Recreation

Iowa angler wins halibut derby jackpot

For Gene Jones, an angler from Bellevue, Iowa, it seems a long time — and a long wait…

News

Charter captains question halibut proposal

With no budget for travel to hold an information workshop or take public comments at a hearing, National…

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

Outdoors & Recreation

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…

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…

Halibut dining on herring, squid

Outdoors & Recreation

Halibut dining on herring, squid

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

News

Halibut changes on table

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

Long days, big tides add to fishing action

Outdoors & Recreation

Long days, big tides add to fishing action

Take a cosmic bucket full of solstice time, dump in huge tides along with hordes of panicked bait…

News

Lower peninsula streams closed until July 15

Because of low king salmon runs, an emergency order issued Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Fish and…

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing has been better; pay attention to emergency orders being released

The king run at The Fishing Hole has been fluctuating from being on the verge of comatose to…

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing picking up at Nick Dudiak lagoon

Last week I reported that the king run at The Fishing Hole had been about as productive as…

Outdoors & Recreation

Youth Fishing Day set for Saturday

The Memorial Day weekend was primo if you were into mucking around the beaches for assorted clam-type life…

News

Fishing for ‘social justice’?

The following quote is found in the May 9, 2013 Homer News Seawatch column: “We argue that only…

Opinion

Homer group receives grant for electronic monitoring

Homer-based North Pacific Fisheries Association has received a $147,400 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Fisheries Innovation Fund grant…