A reader asked the other day for a good recipe for salmon candy. Here’s an excellent one we borrowed with thanks from Karen Swearingen, posted first on Alaskan Harvesters. Smoked Candy Salmon Strips 3⁄4 cup honey 1⁄4 cup water 1/2 gallon water 1 cup pickling salt 2 cups dark... Read more
Peak Timing for Mat-Su King Salmon?
Fishing June 8, 2018
By Andy Couch During the 35 years I’ve been guiding salmon fishing trips on Little Susitna River my guests have experienced their peak week of king salmon catching success from the last week of May to the second week of July and every week in between those dates on... Read more
By Lee Leschper Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA) has announced it is withdrawing from a group Gov. Bill Walker formed outside normal fisheries management procedures, which some are suggesting may be an election year tactic to gather support for Walker in the suddenly crowded gubernatorial race. The Cook Inlet... Read more
Reminder: Ninilchik kids fishing day cancelled; Ship Creek kids day June 16
FishingGovernment June 5, 2018
(Homer) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has sent out a reminder to reminder youth-anglers that due to the sport fishing regulation closures on the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers and Deep Creek drainages, the Youth-Only Ninilchik River King Salmon Fishery which was scheduled for Wednesday, June 6, 2018, is closed. During... Read more
Ship’s kings off to slow start but building
Fishing June 5, 2018
By Lee Leschper There are king salmon in Ship Creek. And if you put in enough time, are good enough, and especially lucky enough, you might catch one this week. I watched one of the regulars, who I know only as Peter, hook and land an honest 30-pound king... Read more
By Lee Leschper Biologists on the Nushagak River are in the second year of key research on how well king salmon survive being caught and released by sport fishermen. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game mortality study is intended to give managers and anglers statewide a better idea... Read more
By Lee Leschper What’s your idea of a great meal of Alaskan bear? A few weeks back I started a firestorm of debate on social media when I said I’d tried eating brown bear and found it inedible. And many shall-we-say outspoken Alaskans responded that (shall I say for... Read more
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No bait or multiple hooks on Kenai until Aug. 15
Fishing Jul 29, 2020
