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Fishing

On the water, then and now

In the days of sail, ocean travel was dangerous. Thousands of shipwrecks from that era litter Earth's oceans and beaches. Sailing ships weren't for fun and games. If you were part of the...

by Les Palmer

Fishing

It's time someone put in a good word about pink salmon, the fish also known as humpies, so I'll give it a try. Weighing between 3 and 4 pounds, pinks are the smallest of the five salmon species found in Alaska waters, but they...

by Les Palmer

Fishing

Ice fishing action heating up on the Peninsula; derby starts in February

A recent cold snap registering temperatures as low as 25 degrees below zero may have shuttered some fair-weather fisherman indoors. But when the Kenai Peninsula gets cold, the grizzled and hardy fishermen go ice fishing. ...

by Brian Smith

Fishing

What to do with a dead fish

A hearty halibut chowder makes a great meal for a cold winter day. I’ve been using the recipe below for years, and never tire of making or eating it.

by Les Palmer

Fishing

Salmon Louie

While growing up near Washington’s Puget Sound, I ate many a Crab Louie. Sometimes called Crab Louis, this fancy salad is usually made with Dungeness crab. Originating on the West Coast in the early 1900s, it’s also known as “...

by Les Palmer

Fishing

A gift guide for the avid angler

Many anglers spend the winter months dreaming and scheming. Dreaming about the ones that got away. Scheming about how they'll change their plan of attack when the snow melts. But between visions of sockeyes, kings...

by Brian Smith

Fishing

Fishing the Samish

I arrived in Washington too late this year for the king salmon season on the Samish River, but it's just as well.

by Les Palmer

Fishing

Gorging trout a fisherman’s delight

While those fishermen who packed their freezers full of sockeye and coho salmon this summer may be saving their catch for a winter-time feast, the same isn’t true for another creature on the Kenai Peninsula. Currently, the Kenai...

by Brian Smith

Fishing

Fishing with your kids: a magic combination, right?

Fishing with your kids — it’s a magic combination, like Kwikfish and a herring wrap, right?

by Will Morrow

Fishing

Rod and Jenna on patrol

The heat generated by the sight of his powerful frame almost made her forget the icy rain and gusting wind during the ride up the river. However, after an hour of lying on her stomach in an alder thicket, that heat had dissipated.

by Les Palmer

Fishing

Seal attack!

A seal added excitement to the salmon fishing on the Kenai River last week. Once in a while, one would come up with a fish in its mouth. Other than worry about whether the seals would put the fish off the bite, we didn’t fret...

by Les Palmer

Current weather

Fishing

On the water, then and now

2012, a humpy year

Ice fishing action heating up on the Peninsula; derby starts in February

What to do with a dead fish

Salmon Louie

A gift guide for the avid angler

Fishing the Samish

Gorging trout a fisherman’s delight

Fishing with your kids: a magic combination, right?

Rod and Jenna on patrol

Seal attack!

Friday, Feb. 17, 2012

On the water, then and now

Friday, Feb. 3, 2012

2012, a humpy year

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012

Ice fishing action heating up on the Peninsula; derby starts in February

Friday, Dec. 30, 2011

What to do with a dead fish

Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011

Salmon Louie

Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011

A gift guide for the avid angler

Friday, Nov. 4, 2011

Fishing the Samish

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011

Gorging trout a fisherman’s delight

Fishing with your kids: a magic combination, right?

Friday, Sept. 23, 2011

Rod and Jenna on patrol

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