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Before you go fishing, give yourself refresher course on regulations

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Before you go fishing, give yourself refresher course on regulations

Well, now, wasn’t that a beautiful Memorial Day weekend for those of you who can dimly recall it?…

As part of research, ADF&G wants to talk to anglers

Outdoors & Recreation

As part of research, ADF&G wants to talk to anglers

The time has come for the commencement of this year’s fish runs which coolly coincides with the roll…

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Ninilchik beach closed to clam digging

Planning on taking advantage of Cook Inlet’s minus tides to fill the freezer with razor clams? Already pinpointed…

Kenai Mayor Pat Porter, left, speaks to Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Cora Campbell following a news conference on July 20, 2012, in Anchorage. Porter attended a news conference led by Campbell and Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell to address actions the state can take in light of the poor king salmon run statewide, affecting both subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen. During the 2013 legislative session, Parnell successfully lobbied for $30 million over five years to research king salmon and possible causes for the decline in productivity seen statewide.-Photo by Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

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Management challenge: Inlet ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

Editor’s note: This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king…

Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet

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Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet

The effort by a new group calling itself the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance to put a ballot initiative…

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Veterans Day Ceremonies/Programs Announced Monday, Nov. 11

The 70th anniversary of the World War II military campaign in the Aleutians will be the focus of…

Diehard anglers don’t duck for cover

Outdoors & Recreation

Diehard anglers don’t duck for cover

Labor Day decided to be a bit testy this year. Winds pounded the wilting fireweed generating mini blizzards…

Summer is slipping into fall, but there’s still lots of good fishing

Outdoors & Recreation

Summer is slipping into fall, but there’s still lots of good fishing

While I was embattled with an obnoxious woodpecker that was practicing wicked marimba beats on our logs this…

Fishing for silvers has turned golden

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing for silvers has turned golden

Thar whar bright treasures in them thar high tides near the base of the Spit’s east side over…

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…

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

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…