Mount Marathon course preview Saturday
Racers who want to preview the Mount Marathon race course can do so Saturday with the help of veteran runners.
The preview, a joint effort by the Mount Marathon Race Committee and Alaska Mountain Runners, is from 1-3 p.m. in Seward.
It will focus on helping participants travel safely on the bottom one-third of the 3,022-foot mountain.
There is no fee, but participants must sign a waiver.
The group will meet at the picnic table near the gate on upper Lowell Canyon Road at 12:30 p.m. For more information, email Clint McCool at clintmccool@hotmail.com.
Hey kids: Hook a king at Campbell Creek
Campbell Creek belongs to the kids this weekend.
A youth-only fishery for king salmon is Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day on the portion of the Anchorage stream between Dimond Boulevard and the Old Seward Highway.
Kids 15 and younger will have that part of the creek to themselves for king salmon fishing. Adults can
assist their children in landing fish, but the section of the creek is closed to all fishing, including catch-and-release, for anyone 16 or older.
Youths don't need a sport fishing license or king stamp, but they need a free Harvest Record Card, available anywhere licenses are sold, so they can immediately record the harvest of any king salmon 20 inches or longer.
Bait will be allowed.
Fish & Game staff members and volunteers will be at the Taku-Campbell Lake parking lot off of 76th and King Street to help young anglers from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.
For more information, contact the Anchorage Sport Fish Information Center at 267-2218.