By Thursday, the late-run sockeye count had passed 3.7 million, setting a new record amid a string of strong seasons. The booming sockeye runs of recent years couldn't have come at a better time, ...

Nearly 2.5 million late-run sockeye are projected to pass through the Kenai River by the end of the month, over-escaping the river by over 1 million fish. Those numbers concern fishermen like Joe ...

COOPER LANDING — Sockeye salmon are running on the Kenai Peninsula and fishermen are taking note. Crowds flooded the Russian and Kenai Rivers over the past week as the Russian reached its early-run ...

A record number of sockeye salmon passed through the sonar on the Kasilof River Thursday. About 125,628 sockeye were recorded at the sonar there — a new daily record for the run, according to Brian ...

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, ...

KENAI — Hundreds of fishermen dotted the banks at the mouth of the Kenai River on Saturday as silhouettes of gulls swarmed the horizon, with Mount Redoubt in the distance. Above, the warm — and this ...

For the ninth year in a row, the State Department of Fish and Game has opened the Russian River Sanctuary Area to sockeye fishing early in response to strong runs. The sanctuary, a small area of the ...

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.

Erosion control and walkway improvements are needed at Big Eddy Day Use Area, which provides fishing access points to the Kenai River in Soldotna, Alaska, according to Shannon Martin, executive ...