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 — ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Each summer, salmon begin their journey back to the rivers where they were spawned. Alaskan fishermen, along with whales, eagles and bears, share in the abundance. Joe Sebastian with a hooked ...