It’s high noon and discharge at Priest Rapids Dam is 100,000 cubic feet per second. I drop my anchor in 10 feet of water and put two rods out. Each is baited with a red prawn on a double-hook rig, ...

It’s 10 o’clock on a fine morning in late June, the second week of summer sockeye season in the Hanford Reach. I arrive at the Snyder Street launch to find the parking lot half full. Two boats are ...

In the fishing towns of northern Washington State and coastal Alaska, the sockeye salmon is more than just a fish. It is a recurring miracle, a gift of God, the source of steady jobs, paid-up bills, ...

Editor’s Note: Alan Liere is on vacation, so he wrote about sockeye fishing instead of his weekly fish-hunt report. In July, I hope to fish again for sockeye salmon at the mouth of the Okanogan River ...

Summer in Soldotna, Alaska, is full of long days; July 1 is a 19-hour day and the 31st of August runs nearly 14 and a half hours. For fishing guide Andrew Chadwick, long days are just part of the job.

A northern Kenai fishing report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Friday says sockeye fishing on the Kenai River is “exceptional.” Freshwater fishing The Russian River and Russian ...

A northern Kenai fishing report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Thursday says that sockeye have arrived in each of the local rivers — there are lots of opportunity for good ...

The Board of Fisheries has approved an action plan to help conserve the Nushagak River’s king salmon runs, which have declined sharply in recent years even as huge sockeye returns to the district have ...

SOLDOTNA — A trio of anglers leaned on the edge of Jordan Carter’s boat in shallow water on the Kenai River last month, victoriously enjoying a cold beverage. Their ride with Carter, a local fishing ...