For many anglers, an Alaskan fishing adventure is a dream come true. But where do you start? The Kenai River in Alaska is famous for its epic salmon runs, incredible rainbow trout and dolly varden ...

New management policies for Kenai River king salmon mean that sockeye bag limits in the river are up, and commercial setnet fishing is likely to be closed for the foreseeable future. Kenai River late ...

The State Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday published a dozen advisory announcements closing fisheries and restricting gear throughout Cook Inlet to protect king salmon returns. The forecast ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - It is that time of the fishing season when anglers are turning their attention from hooking chinook to reeling in reds after what was an adequate king salmon season in ...

KENAI, Alaska—Sockeye salmon are plentiful in the waters off this peninsula south of Anchorage, but Brent Johnson isn’t allowed to catch them. In an effort to save the king salmon, whose numbers have ...

"When king salmon were the target species, it really paid to have a guide, because there's a lot more expertise that goes into that," said Monte Roberts, president of the Kenai River Professional ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is closing all subsistence fishing for king salmon on the Kenai River. KTUU (http://is.gd/uKESPu) says the ...

The Kenai River closes to king salmon anglers Friday, and with commercial fishing set to begin Monday, tension is building over who's bearing the burden of king salmon conservation. Record low king ...

A trawl vessel sits at the dock in Kodiak this summer. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) Federal managers shut down a major Alaska fishery Wednesday after two Kodiak-based boats targeting ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska commercial fishermen lost an estimated $16.8 million in direct revenue tied to fishing closures because of recent poor king salmon returns, according to new figures ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its preliminary summary of the 2025 Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery season. The report found that although numbers of all salmon species besides sockeye ...

Alaska holds the all-tackle world record for king salmon, but Argentina might soon take over that distinction based on previous catches, including a recent one described as “an absolute beast.” Fabian ...