Aug. 23—Ben Cheeseman of Juneau said he got lucky Sunday morning in Resurrection Bay when he hooked the winning fish in the 66th annual Seward Silver Salmon Derby. He caught the fish with about two ...

Lloyd Fanter of Eagle River took the lead in the Valdez Halibut Derby when he reeled in a 264.8-pound halibut Aug. 13. Fanter stands to win the $10,000 cash prize in the Valdez Halibut Derby if his ...

When it comes to chasing the top prize at Seward's Silver Salmon Derby, Steve Oyler has been at it for years. Decades, in fact. All that time on the water in and around Resurrection Bay finally paid ...

The winners are in for this year’s Valdez Fish Derbies. The first place prize and $10,000 in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby went to LaVonne Baysinger of Fairbanks with a 14.54-pound silver she caught ...

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 6th installment of a ten-part series ...

Having survived a year in the ocean and a rain-flooded Ship Creek upon their return to Anchorage in late summer, hundreds of coho salmon made their way back to the place where their life began. On ...

Today was silver salmon day, and everyone around the lodge was excited. Guide Luke Valentino and I were assigned to take a family of five up the Kamishak to see if the silvers, also known as coho, ...