Alaska Outdoor Digest

The source for important, timely news on hunting, fishing and the outdoors in Alaska.

Ship, Bird Creeks open for silvers
The two most popular Anchorage silver salmon fisheries open at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, with the jury still out on whether this year’s run will be a repeat of the excellent run of 2017. Ship Creek has been closed to fishing since July 3, when a horrible return of king... Read more
Bird Creek bears aggressive, potential danger
Warning to anglers planning to fish Bird Creek south of Anchorage this week:  at least two brown bears have taken up residence in the upper end of the creek and have charged multiple fishermen in the area. There’s an unconfirmed report of at least one angler shooting at a... Read more