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Russian River: Fish On!

A line of fishermen stretches into the Russian River on Thursday, June 25, 2009, as they vie for sockeye salmon during a good day in the summer run.

Hundreds of fishermen crowded the confluence of the Kenai and Russian rivers June 26, 2009. Many caught their sockeye salmon limit in the classic Alaska combat fishing scene on the Kenai Peninsula.

Russian River awash with reds and anglers

Ship Creek fishing

The banks near the mouth of Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage are lined with fishers hoping to land  king salmon on Tuesday evening July 1, 2008.

Fishermen were out in force on a rare sunny day at Ship Creek.

King salmon fishing on Ship Creek

Copper River Salmon Opener

Deckhand Kara Nicolet holds up a sockeye.

Explore the first day of the Copper River commercial salmon fishery in our photo essay.

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Weekend salmon fishing looks promising

Salmon anglers of all stripes should see a surge this weekend.

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The first silver salmon of the season are streaming into Pony Cove outside Resurrection Bay, and the silver run is picking up closer to home in Ship Creek too.

Meanwhile, king salmon anglers on the Kenai River are seeing the best surge of fish this season as the second run cranks up. More than 1,600 kings streamed past the sonar 8.6 miles upstream from the mouth on Tuesday, the best single day of 2008. And down at the mouth of the Kenai, red salmon dipnetters are reporting a bounty, too.

For details, see the Fishing Report in Thursday's Daily News and at www.adn.com/fishing.

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