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Anglers should remember manners

O ne of the golden perks associated with writing this column is the cornucopia of remarkable posts that…

Life-saving tips: Learn to swim, wear a PFD

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Life-saving tips: Learn to swim, wear a PFD

Last Monday I opened a voicemail from my compadre Turk. He was so riled up that residual smoke…

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Nick shares recipe for salmon brine

Things have continued to roll along in the silver fishery along the east side of The Spit.  Remember…

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Fish while you can; time zooming by

Wow, did we somehow pick up a serious tail wind of time since this column’s seasonal debut? Come…

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Splash Bash celebrates good work

On behalf of Cook Inletkeeper’s board and staff, I want to give a huge thanks to everyone who…

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Fishing? Know what you’re catching

I have received an unusual amount of email asking how to report angler evil-doers to the Alaska Wildlife Troopers…

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Sockeye harvest tops ’14 as Bristol Bay run nears state’s forecast

Bristol Bay’s late-arriving sockeye run has contributed to a healthy commercial harvest of more than 47.6 million sockeye…

Salmonfest, a three-day music festival, starts Friday and runs through Sunday at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds.-Photo by Tim Steinberg

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Salmonfest casts a wider net

The first year of Salmonfest, the event formerly known as Salmonstock, promises the compelling combination of musical entertainment…

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Bristol Bay sockeye run makes late surge

Bristol Bay lived up to its reputation for unpredictability as a bizarre late rush of sockeyes has surged…

Jill Brown (foreground) dipnets alongside Chelsee Largo (background) on Kenai’s north beach on Sunday, July 19. Dipnetting on the Kenai River is open through July 31. People heading to the Kenai River should expect a crowd as sockeye numbers have been increasing over the last few days.-Photo by Ben Boettger, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Silvers pickier than pinks (and taste better, too)

Let’s face it. Putting the hammer on silvers while they are cruising beneath our inlet waters or doing…

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Bristol Bay forecast goes bust

Bristol Bay needed volume to make up for a soft market, but state biologists say there’s no reason…

Linda Scott of Bloomington, Minn., poses with the 224.4-pound halibut she caught while fishing with DeepStrike Sportsfishing aboard the Grand Aleutian captained by David Bayes. She is the current leader in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby.

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Minnesota woman takes lead in derby

It was an interesting past week for the sports fishing crowd. A distaff member of the flatfish hunting…

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What about Kasilof kings?

I’m sitting here in Ninilchik again this year looking out my cabin window and watching sockeye salmon jumping…