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Fishing report: Silvers slow to show, reds still running
On Wednesday afternoon, a handful of anglers were enjoying the sunshine at Cunningham Park on Beaver Loop Road…
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Firm flesh, bright flavor with silver salmon
Coho, also known as “silver” salmon for its bright silver sides, offers a lighter, more distinctly flavored fish…
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Pink salmon offers lean, soft meat
With a delicate flavor, rosy pink flesh and a texture similar to trout, pink salmon offers a blank…
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Refuge Notebook: The Kenai Peninsula rediscovered
Browsing through my grandfather’s stack of In-Fisherman Magazines as a boy was the first time I had ever…
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An Outfoor View: Jenna talks habitat
Author’s note: In yet another attempt to teach readers about fish and fishing by baiting them with a…
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Follow bear safety rules to prevent trouble for everybody
SPOKANE, Wash. — Following guidelines for camping in grizzly country can prevent trouble for everyone, including the bears.…
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Last week of July means reds, kings
It’s the final week of July, and on the central Kenai Peninsula, that means sockeye and king salmon.…
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Anglers come from near and far to fish the Kenai
Tom Pelfrey, Wasilla Pelfrey, and a group were dragging a cooler of sockeye salmon up the shore toward…
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Refuge Notebook: At a loss for what to do? Camping opportunitites galore
Whether you enjoy lounging around listening to a babbling creek in Upper Skilak Campground, watching a colony of…
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Kachemak Bay tour offers science, sightseeing
All we needed were red knit caps. On a recent weekday tour of Kachemak Bay, I felt like…
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Homer man wins Wilderness Classic
In the grueling Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, where contestants race unsupported through the wildest country of Alaska, just…
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Refuge Notebook: Eat your peas – just not the ones you find in the wild
The story “Into the Wild” is one of the most wildly popular Alaskan stories out there. Whether you…
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Fishing report: King fishing improves, sockeyes building slowly
There are more salmon streaming into central Kenai Peninsula streams, but anglers may have to put in some…
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Refuge Notebook: Bird cherries on the Kenai – a preview
Earlier this summer as I walked the beach north of the Kasilof River mouth, I did a double-take…
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An Outdoor View: Fish wars
Seduced by the word “fish,” I watched the reality TV show “Alaska Fish Wars” on National Geographic Channel…
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JIRPers start 68th summer on Juneau Icefield
JUNEAU ICEFIELD, CAMP 17 — At the Juneau Icefield Research Program’s Camp 17 this week, 32 students —…
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Refuge Notebook: Common grass has uncommon attributes
Perhaps the most common plant on the Kenai Peninsula is Calamagrostis canadensis, the bluejoint reedgrass. This perennial grass…
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An Outdoor View: Tourist trap
Wikipedia defines “tourist trap” as “an establishment, or group of establishments, that has been created or re-purposed with…
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Fly-fishing camp hooks the next generation
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Like a fly-fishing veteran, Branson Broderick set the hook, stripped his line in, then…