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Reeling ‘Em In: Bobber snaggers have skills of bread mold

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Reeling ‘Em In: Bobber snaggers have skills of bread mold

I received an interesting batch of emails after last week’s report and most of them centered on the…

Reeling ’Em In: Blackmouths getting bigger at Fishin’ Hole

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Reeling ’Em In: Blackmouths getting bigger at Fishin’ Hole

Last week I wrote that the blackmouths being caught at the Spit’s fishing lagoon were fairly small tipping…

Reeling ‘Em In: Chinooks starting to hit at Fishin’ Hole

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Reeling ‘Em In: Chinooks starting to hit at Fishin’ Hole

Last week I reported that the Fishing Hole’s chinook run had been about as productive as surface trolling…

Fishing still good despite wacky weather

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Fishing still good despite wacky weather

The weather was a bit schizoid over the Memorial Day weekend with Mother Nature experiencing sneezing wind fits…

Reeling ‘Em In: River salmon fishing opens Saturday

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Reeling ‘Em In: River salmon fishing opens Saturday

This weekend officially kicks off the Homer News fishing column, Reeling ’Em In, where our vast and dedicated…

Reeling ‘em in: Nick answers the big question: What’s so addicting about fishing?

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Reeling ‘em in: Nick answers the big question: What’s so addicting about fishing?

Now that the tourists are in full migration south and the cranes are giving last minute flight training…

Reeling ’em in: Silver fishing gives flash of fall

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Reeling ’em in: Silver fishing gives flash of fall

Now that we are teetering on the precipice of September’s slide into fall, it’s time to concentrate on…

Reeling ‘em in: Setnetting is a memorable, mud-humping epoch

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Reeling ‘em in: Setnetting is a memorable, mud-humping epoch

Every year, the opening day of the Kachemak Bay Coho Salmon Gillnet Fishery brings back some epic memories,…

Reeling ‘em in:

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Reeling ‘em in:

Last Saturday the Nick Dudiak Lagoon was opened to snagging at noon and the weather was perfect for…

Reeling ‘em in: Wear your PFD and learn to swim

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Reeling ‘em in: Wear your PFD and learn to swim

I’ve been asked several times if I can recollect landing my first fish. Nope, although I vividly recall…

Reeling ‘em in: Silvers being snobby at the hole

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Reeling ‘em in: Silvers being snobby at the hole

I dropped in on my favorite fishing spot inside the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon to pick up a…

Reeling ‘em in: Experiment to catch wily silvers

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Reeling ‘em in: Experiment to catch wily silvers

Now that the silvers are running into each other and showing off at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon,…

Nick Varney.

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Reeling ‘em in: Spiny dogfish are deserving of contempt

I received some inquiries about my recent social slights concerning those sweet little spiny dogfish (small sharks) that…