An 11-year-old Wasilla girl lands an ugly fish at Lake Louise, and it’s a beauty
Aimee Pike used her bare hands to bring the 34.5-inch burbot onto the ice.
Aimee Pike used her bare hands to bring the 34.5-inch burbot onto the ice.
Jay Hicks was fishing from a kayak in Kodiak when he landed a monster 80-inch halibut.
An Anchorage angler won the 65th annual derby with the smallest fish in derby history.
Fish and Game officials urge caution to keep wildlife from associating people with food.
Some salmon catchers were wearing masks this week at the mouth of the Kenai River, but mostly it was situation normal for the popular annual opening.
Commercial set-net sites will also close in upper Cook Inlet.
Some might say saltwater fishing separates the tough from the weak, but even the tough can get seasick.
King salmon caught while fishing for other species may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately, the agency said.
Anglers were out trying their luck from the muddy banks of the creek near downtown Anchorage.
The personal-use fishery on June 7 is open to Alaska residents only.
Hundreds of people bounced dipnets along the bottom of the silty waters of Turnagain Arm east of Anchorage on Sunday to catch the tiny fish.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says the Kenai River king and sockeye production will be below average in 2020.
The thin crust of ice gives a better impression of what is below us than walking on solid earth, where we might be under the illusion that nothing is living in the soil.
Matthew Driskell, 17, and Taylor Baker, 16, set up their shelter on Sand Lake, drilled through the 8-inch-thick ice, and waited to catch and release any fish that took the bait.
A 224.2-pound flatfish won this year’s the event, the final in the history of the summer-long event.
A new two-day derby will debut in 2020, the Homer Chamber of Commerce said.
A complaint alleged improper scheduling of a meeting location for discussion of issues in upper Cook Inlet.
The flatfish was caught in Ugak Bay and weighed an estimated 499 pounds.
Two popular rivers are closed to fishing because almost no cohos are making it upstream.