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
Ship Creek silver limit goes up to six fish
The good to great season on downtown Anchorage’s favorite fishery continues, as ADF&G announced Friday that the daily limit on silvers in Ship Creek goes to six per day. It’s been a strong year of fishing and salmon runs on Ship Creek, with a good June run of king... Read more
Public hearing for MatSu fishermen to hear from and provide comments to ADF&G Commissioner Sam Cotten on current issues with Valley salmon runs and management. Read more
Where is Fish Fight headed?
Seward silvers remain hottest ticket
By Lee Leschper The silver salmon in and outside Resurrection Bay in Seward remain the hottest ticket in south central Alaska, among a host of great fishing options. Six of us fished Saturday in and around Pony Cove with friends and got 34 silvers up to 12 pounds, plus... Read more