WE’RE PULLED OVER on a gravel bank in interior Alaska, peering down a series of Class IV rapids named the Toilet Bowl. There are five of us in three 30-year-old rafts. No one wants a swirlie. Only one ...

Sensational silvers and killer kings. Trophy-worthy trout and fantastically finned grayling. Hearty halibut and rewarding reds. It’s a lineup of Alaska’s finest fish, and these spectacular species — ...

Jared Fletcher and Bobbie D wait for bites at the Slam'n Salm'n Derby. Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media Anchorage's popular Ship Creek will be closed to all sport fishing for two weeks, the Alaska ...

In the glimmer of a rare sunny day, Owen Brooks cracked a smile as he took a victor’s march across a bridge over Ship Creek in Anchorage. In his second attempt of the season, Brooks on Monday landed a ...

In the wilds of Tongass, a love of wilderness unites a father and son for the last time. The Stikine River, meaning Great River in Native Tlingit, carves a channel through the forested wilds of ...

Alaska doesn’t have a sport fishery for bass – and it’s likely that there are no bass there at all – which is exactly why every hard-core, self-described hawging freak needs to get there. Look, you ...

A video clip that shows an Alaskan creek jam-packed with Pacific salmon has blown up on social media. The footage was shared by the Winters, a family of commercial fishermen — first in August 2024 on ...

An aerial view of Crooked Creek along the Kuskokwim River. (Kyle Van Perseum/Alaska-Pacific Forecast Center) As the fishing season on the Kuskokwim River kicks off, many communities are still reeling ...