Alaska Outdoor Digest

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

Know before you go trespassing for Kenai reds this month
Late run Kenai river sockeye salmon are probably the most popular and certainly the most democratic, all-inclusive fishery in Alaska, if not in America. Call it combat fishing or Alaska at it’s best (or worst) or just your annual freezer filler, it’s also the promise of big sockeyes that... Read more
Seward silver action getting hot
by Lee Leschper After pulling a vanishing act in 2016, silver salmon are back in force and hungry in Resurrection Bay and the surrounding waters this week. What began as a trickle of first silvers a week ago has turned into a full blown flood of silvers since the... Read more
Brave 11-year-old stops charging bear; week of crazy bear incidents continues
It’s been another week of crazy Alaska bear stories and more attacks. Thankfully no one has been seriously injuried or killed, after two black bears killed young people in Anchorage and in the interior. Elliott Clark, a young Hoonah boy, prevented a potential really bad mauling and killed a... Read more