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Be careful out there: Lead is flying

If Captain Kirk and his gang from the starship Enterprise had popped out of a reverse time warp…

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

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…

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…

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…

Catches not spectacular, but anglers enjoy success

Outdoors & Recreation

Catches not spectacular, but anglers enjoy success

The Fourth of July celebration was enveloped by such a superb three-day weather forecast that northern worker bees…

Traffic into and out of Ninilchik is currently being rerouted across a temporary bridge spanning Ninilchik River while work on a new bridge is underway.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Ninilchik bridge replacement in the works

Built in 1972, the one-lane, steel stringer, wooden-decked Ninilchik River bridge leading into the village near the mouth…

Fishing Hole could use a little help

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing Hole could use a little help

Over the weekend, I took notice of a superfluity of rather unseemly comments concerning the conditions at the…

Anglers line up around the Nick Dudiak Fishing Hole on the Homer Spit on Friday, just in timeto welcome king salmon arriving on the evening’s incoming tide.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Outdoors & Recreation

Small gift may help someone catch fish

As I wander around during the week shooting the breeze with shore anglers, I’m amazed to find that…

Fillet tips so you can look like a pro

Outdoors & Recreation

Fillet tips so you can look like a pro

Let’s get real here. There are some of you who flay at fish rather than fillet them. It…

Anchor River, lower Cook Inlet marine fisheries closed to protect king salmon

Outdoors & Recreation

Anchor River, lower Cook Inlet marine fisheries closed to protect king salmon

Fishing Alert: On Wednesday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the Anchor River, Deep Creek, Ninilchik…

Ignoring fishing regs won’t pay in long run

Outdoors & Recreation

Ignoring fishing regs won’t pay in long run

I just don’t get it. For weeks, information has been bouncing around the Internet and printed media that, for…

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State Trooper Reports

TroopersMay 23Alaska State Troopers at 11:56 a.m. made a traffic stop on a 20-year-old Anchorage man near Deep…