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Nick Varney

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Reeling Em’ In: Cherishing an old fishing friend

Time now for the fishing report for the week of July 15, 2024.

The Kasilof River is seen from the Kasilof River Recreation Area, July 30, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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King salmon fishing closed on Kasilof starting Monday

The emergency order is being issued to protect returning king salmon, citing weak returns

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Hunting beasts

By the time you read this, lingcod season will be open and I just ran across a draft…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: One man’s trash fish, another’s tasty treasure

The Spit was rockin’ over the Fourth of July weekend.

Sockeye salmon are gathered together at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Commission rejects permanent use of dipnets in Cook Inlet setnet fisheries

Emergency approval of dipnets will remain effective into September

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: An angling addiction

Fishing is not only fun, but humbling

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kasilof River dipnetting area widened

The increase in area is justified by high passage of sockeye salmon on the river

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, speaks at the Alaska Democratic Party’s state convention on May 18 at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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State and federal fisheries concerns addressed at Peltola public meeting

Alaska’s fisheries face numerous challenges

Sockeye salmon are gathered together at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dipnets for commercial setnet fishers given emergency approval by CFEC

Up to three 12-hour periods of commercial dipnetting “may” be allowed each week from June 20 to July…

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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2023 east side setnet fishery affirmed as resource disaster

Disasters have been recognized for 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City council OKs resolution supporting amended halibut bycatch regs

A resolution opposing a trawler trade group’s legal challenge to federal halibut bycatch reduction efforts was passed Monday…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Hey fishers, keep up with regulations

What is up with brain stems who seem to be incapable of comprehending simple fishing regulations?

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: In memory of the fishing hole mayor

I would like to take a moment to answer a general question many of you have asked in…