Alaska Outdoor Digest

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

Resurrection sockeye limit increased to 12
The gifts keep on coming from what’s certainly the most amazing start to the 2019 salmon season that most of us can remember. Limits on sockeye in the Russian River and Upper Kenai are already increasing from three to six daily this weekend, and now ADF&G is upping the... Read more
2019 Slam’n Salm’n Derby kicks off Friday with Kings in the Creek
The downtown Anchorage Ship Creek Slam’n Salm’n Derby kicks off Friday at 6 a.m. and it’s shaping up to be the best Derby in many years. A big surge of big king salmon has been filling the creek for the past 10 days, with a 43-pounder the largest weighed... Read more
Russian, Upper Kenai sockeye limit bumped to 6
By Lee Leschper Fire up the smoker and get out the coho flies!  Thanks to perhaps the best early sockeye run in a generation, ADF&G is increasing the daily and possession limits on the Upper Kenai and Russian River to 6 and 12, effective Friday. The fishery opened June... Read more