After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the third installment of a ten-part series ...

After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 5th installment of a ten-part series ...

Alaska Rainbow Lodge on Bristol Bay provides access to remote rivers where salmon stack up. Jon Whittle During a visit to Ketchikan a few years ago, we heard rumors of orcas huddled in a nearby cove, ...

Instead of floating a big-name river in Alaska, we decided to fish and float a more obscure river. It was packed with ...

Prior to about a week ago, you would've never caught me dead climbing aboard an offshore fishing boat headed out to the middle of the ocean to rock back and forth for hours in hopes of catching a fish ...

Day 4 is done, and it kicked my butt. Yesterday's raft trip was a play date compared to what I had to go through on my fourth day of guiding for the Ridge Lodge. I was assigned another day of rafting, ...

They Hooked Into a MONSTER! Most people dream of catching a halibut this size. Mike, his mom, and friends traveled to Alaska ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salmon dries in Quinhagak, Alaska, in July 2023. (Photo by Alice Bailey/University of Alaska Fairbanks) Salmon dries in Quinhagak, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 5—The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...

I get a day off today to write. That's good because my body needs it. Yesterday's raft trip did a number on me. I'm hearing tomorrow we might go up the Kamishak River to fish for silver salmon. They ...