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    salmon
    Sockeye harvest tops  ’14 as Bristol Bay run  nears state’s forecast
    Sockeye harvest tops ’14 as Bristol Bay run...
    By DJ Summers • July 30, 2015 10:31 am

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

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    Salmonfest, a three-day music festival, starts Friday and runs through Sunday at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds.-Photo by Tim Steinberg
    Salmonfest casts a wider net
    By Kelly Sullivan • July 30, 2015 10:28 am

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

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    Bristol Bay sockeye run makes late surge
    Bristol Bay sockeye run makes late surge
    By DJ Summers • July 23, 2015 12:19 pm

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

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    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
    Silvers pickier than pinks (and taste better, too)
    By Nick C. Varney • July 23, 2015 11:54 am

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

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    Bristol Bay forecast goes bust
    Bristol Bay forecast goes bust
    By DJ Summers • July 16, 2015 10:58 am

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

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    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.
    Minnesota woman takes lead in derby
    By Nick C. Varney • July 16, 2015 10:44 am

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

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    What about Kasilof kings?
    What about Kasilof kings?
    By Paton Blough • July 16, 2015 10:10 am

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

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    It’s not just the out-of-towners who can’t read or follow sport fishing regs
    It’s not just the out-of-towners who can’t read...
    By Nick C. Varney • July 9, 2015 10:40 am

    Back in late June this column reported on a plethora of angling misconducts Alaska Wildlife Troopers had to deal with…

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    Subsistence board:  no kings for Kenai gillnet fishery
    Subsistence board: no kings for Kenai gillnet fishery
    By DJ Summers • July 9, 2015 9:52 am

    The upcoming subsistence gillnet fishery on the Kenai River can target sockeye, but kings are off limits.  An emergency Special…

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    Facebook pics lead to charges against guide
    Facebook pics lead to charges against guide
    By Michael Armstrong • July 9, 2015 9:50 am

    A Soldotna sportfish charter captain bragging about his clients’ catch on Facebook has led to the captain being charged with…

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    Howlin’ Whales, a new band from Homer, will provide live music.
    Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Celebrates Anchor river
    July 9, 2015 9:48 am

    This evening there’s a party in Anchor Point. The Kachemak Heritage Land Trust (KHLT) is hosting “Take Me to the…

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    Hunting for lingcod? Nick’s got a few tips for novice anglers
    Hunting for lingcod? Nick’s got a few tips...
    By Nick C. Varney • July 2, 2015 10:16 am

    I was asked yesterday what I thought about lingcod. I deliberated for a few seconds and then replied, “Well I…

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    Sport fishing scofflaws stretch limits of intelligence, common sense
    Sport fishing scofflaws stretch limits of intelligence, common...
    By Nick Varney • June 25, 2015 12:49 pm

    N ormally I don’t get into to the area of investments but after reading the Alaska Wildlife Trooper’s section of…

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