Several sport fishing related businesses that depend upon Mat-Su Valley coho salmon fishing are experiencing big impacts from the emergency closures of coho (silver) salmon fishing at Deshka River and Little Susitna River compounded by wildfires that have restricted traffic and fishing north…
Alaska has the international reputation for being one of the premier big game hunting places in the world. Another hunting option exists here which is often overlooked by visiting ni…
As all hunters are probably aware, the 2019 Alaska general hunting season started Aug. 10, and will continue, depending on species, well into next year. I got caught up in this whole…
“This is has been one of my tougher silver salmon seasons,” an exhausted Ben Allen of Miller’s Riverboat Service, proclaimed after a one-day fishing trip where he took a group of ang…
I have been writing this column for a long time. I never seem to remember exactly how long so I went back and looked at some columns from 2004/2005. Apparently, I started this back i…
As I’ve mentioned in the past silver or coho salmon are the most harvested salmon by sport anglers of all five species present in the Mat-Su Valley. More Mat-Su Valley coho salmon ar…
WASILLA — Fish Creek, with access off Knik-Goose Bay Road, is a local hot spot for dip netting for Valley residents. On Friday, hordes of vehicles lined up along the road near the br…
When I talked with Alaska Department of Fish and Game Fisheries Biologist, Samantha Oslund earlier this week she mentioned that anglers are continuing to catch large abundance of pin…
It’s summer in Alaska. That means road construction projects virtually everywhere you drive. For example, if you’re not familiar with the back roads of Palmer, just trying to get fro…
The first thing I will say right now is GO. Take a day or two off work, or lie and tell your boss you’re sick.
According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game fisheries biologist, Samantha Oslund the Susitna River drainage has seen a huge influx of pink salmon this year with good numbers of f…
The hunt planning continues, but, luckily, we’re not scheduled to leave for another month. Arranging for a charter aircraft is proving to be a little more difficult than I thought. J…
Although king salmon fishing officially closes on Little Susitna River on July 13 at 11 p.m., our recent hot weather, low water levels, and an earlier than normal migration of king s…
We’re halfway through the summer fishing season with the closure of king season tomorrow and I haven’t gone once! I hope the improving trend we’re seeing this year continues into fut…
As I write this, we are experiencing one of the hottest and driest periods I can remember. Please be careful and follow the burn and fireworks bans currently in effect. We survived t…
The 2019 Mount Marathon marks the 92nd year of one of the craziest running races in North America. On July 4, mountain runners will compete in Seward on Mt. Marathon, ascending 3,000…
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