With thousands and dollars and pounds of fish on the line, Interior Alaskans are currently dominating the fishing scene in Valdez. The landlocked location proved not to be a problem for the North Pole ...
Steller sea lions feast on returning salmon in Valdez, Alaska. On the shores of Prince William Sound, Steller sea lions lurk amid a technicolor swirl of fish at the Salmon Gulch Fish Hatchery in ...
VALDEZ — When asked what he was thinking when he saw his 364.8-pound halibut come out of the water, Lloyd Fanter responded, “I was absolutely amazed at how big the lips were. It was a big fish.” ...
Feisty at the end of the rod and light and mellow at the center of the plate, silver or coho salmon have always been a symbol of the end of summer in Alaska. But, in the last several years, as tourism ...
After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 6th installment of a ten-part series ...
Today was silver salmon day, and everyone around the lodge was excited. Guide Luke Valentino and I were assigned to take a family of five up the Kamishak to see if the silvers, also known as coho, ...