Standing on the muddy bank of Bird Creek on Sunday, at Mile 101.5 of the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm, Brandon Fisk said, “We’re starting to heat up on Bird Creek. More fish (silver salmon) are ...

As my boat glided through the mist, one rod gave three telltale downward bobs on the downrigger. Before I even had hands on it, a silver rocket exploded out of the water, pirouetting across the ...

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, ...

Growing up as I did in mid-Ohio, I didn’t have much reason to think about what might constitute the best salmon lures. Walleyes? Yes. Crappies? Absolutely. Smallmouth? From time to time; but never ...

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 ...

We're back in the Niagara Glen fishing for salmon from shore. We have Rick with us again, and we're both geared up with silver stingeye spinners. As always until next time, good luck and good fishin'!

Lloyd Fanter of Eagle River took the lead in the Valdez Halibut Derby when he reeled in a 264.8-pound halibut Aug. 13. Fanter stands to win the $10,000 cash prize in the Valdez Halibut Derby if his ...

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 ...