Every summer, many rivers across Alaska appear as if they have caught fire. The water turns a deep, almost impossible red as ...

A spawning male sockeye salmon is seen in July 2010 in the Wood River, part of the Bristol Bay watershed. Bristol Bay is the site of the world's largest sockeye salmon runs. This year's Bristol Bay ...

A Bristol Bay sockeye salmon "mob" gathers in August 2004 in the Wood River, which flows into the Nushagak River just north of Dillingham, the region's largest community. The Alaska Department of Fish ...

NPS Photo / T. Quinn. 2006. The world’s largest sockeye salmon run was larger than average this year, but the percentage of those fish that were harvested commercially was lower than normal, and ...

YAKIMA, Wash. - The first time I ever heard of sockeye salmon was in the mid-1980s, on an Alaska trip with a friend to do some salmon fishing. As we were driving to Soldotna to get to the portion of ...

Join me on an unforgettable trip to Alaska! This adventure features trout fishing on Day 1 and an epic sockeye salmon fishing ...

A few times this summer, Jared Danielson, who fishes for salmon on the Alaska Peninsula, found himself fighting back tears in his bunk. Aboard the F/V Five Star, his boat, Danielson and his deckhand ...

After a poor showing last year, Alaska’s statewide commercial salmon harvest appears poised for a rebound, according to projections by state biologists. This year’s total salmon harvest is expected to ...