Prepping for Southeast Alaska Fishing
Getting ready for spring fishing in Southeast Alaska.
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Alaska: Get your cast on
Welcome casting champion, Maxine McCormick to the 49th state this summer.
Alaska Program election debrief
Photo: Pat Ford By: Nelli Williams Dear Alaska angler: Some of you might be wondering, how did the results of Tuesday’s election change our ability to protect Bristol Bay and the places around Alaska that we love to hunt and fish. First, Alaskans elected a Governor for whom Pebble’s CEO himself campaigned. Thankfully, Pebble has always been an…
Native Odyssey: Off to Alaska
Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay…
Why Alaska is everyone’s backyard
By David Lisi No one around you, you’re in a pristine river setting, fishing for wild, native fish. This is THE magical, nearly unattainable goal for most fly fishermen. Rivers with Brown Bears bounding through the water chasing spawning salmon as you pluck your tenth 20″ wild rainbow trout from their feeding lanes or hook…
Catching salmon & restoring habitat in the Tongass
Aaron Prussian was chasing salmon 50 miles offshore in a remote part of Southeast Alaska, getting battered by intense weather in his F/V Off Piste, a 24-foot Seasport converted for commercial fishing.
A fishing cornucopia, thanks to a healthy forest
There’s a place that has 13,000 miles of salmon and steelhead producing streams that flow through 16.7 million acres of pristine forest. That place, of course, is in Alaska. The rivers and streams would take an angler a lifetime to explore and fish, and the forest surrounding these waterways is critical to their health. The Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest…
Instagram Live with Grizzly Skins of Alaska
If you’re ever going to join us for an Instagram Live session – please join us for this one. I’ll be talking with Phil, Rocky and Tia @grizzlyskinsofalaska on Instagram Live @troutunlimited this Friday October 30 at noon AKDT. I promise you’ll love it!
Desperately seeking steelhead in Alaska for science
After a long float plane flight back to Juneau, a hurried meal and a handful of Ibuprofen, I turned in for the night with one last thought – Tomorrow. Tomorrow we’ll find the fish and all of this will be worth it.
The stress of an ‘un-seasonable’ summer in Alaska
Climate scientists have been correct so far and it is likely that we will see this un-seasonable weather pattern more frequently. The question Alaskan anglers should be wondering is, how resilient are our world class fisheries?
Alaska: Chili cook-off and campfire!
For several months when the sun is at its peak and salmon are making their upstream journey, Alaskans are fishing, harvesting, and exploring to the fullest extent possible. Summer is brief, and we hone our skills to seize every free moment. Now though, with changing colors and cooler temperatures of fall, life has slowed down.…
Fishing Alaska: Don’t forget the lakes
I always look forward to this time of year, when the ice is newly broken off our nearby lakes, the black flies and mosquitos aren’t too ferocious, and the resident fish are extremely hungry. Unfortunately, lake fishing in Alaska often plays second fiddle, and is too often taken for granted, when compared to our state’s…
Roadless areas help define the character of America
“There he is.” Stepping over deadfall and keeping a distance, we followed and periodically bugled to a herd of elk. I was leaning with my rifle against a tree when the rag-horn bull separated from the herd in response to Scott’s bugle. After I shot the elk, Scott looked over and said, “Thank goodness for Idaho’s roadless areas!” …
A lot on the line for America’s most prolific Salmon Forest
For many Americans, Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage and Tongass National Forest is a dream destination. Nearly 3 million visitors come every year to see the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest and its towering old-growth trees, dramatic mountains rising from the sea and tidewater glaciers. Right now, there’s an incredible opportunity to help maintain the prolific fish and wildlife habitat in the forest for years…
Family Air Tours and The Hook Up Fly Shop
Our story began in 2001, when Dave and Alice started sharing their love of Southeast Alaska’s waters with visiting anglers. What began as a small family operation built on hard work, hospitality, and a passion for fishing has grown into Family Air Tours and The Hook Up Fly Shop—a business still rooted in the same…
Starting over before an Alaska fishing trip
What to do when your fly box looks like the dog coughed up a flamingo
Starting over before an Alaska fishing trip
Rather than an orderly collection of streamers, Gurglers and Egg-sucking Leaches, it looked, as I explained to my friends on a group chat as we planned out the week ahead, like the dog had coughed up a flamingo
Alaska Wild Caught Seafood is a labor of love
Like many other small business owners in the region, Matt and Meghan are stewards of the most prolific sockeye salmon fishery on the planet. They’re part of a community that supports 20,000 American jobs, a $1.5 billion economy, a world-class hunting and fishing destination, and the subsistence and cultural traditions of the native people of the Bristol Bay region.
Alaska anglers, Businesses respond to Pebble Tapes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited, nwiliams@tu.org or (907) 230-7121 Brian Kraft, Katmai Service Providers, (907) 227-8719 or bkraft@alaskasportsmanslodge.com Nanci Morris Lyon, Bear Trail Lodge, (907) 246-2327 or gofish@bristolbay.com Alaska anglers, businesses call for investigation; immediate rejection of permit for proposed Pebble mine ANCHORAGE, AK – Videos released Monday show executives behind the controversial…
Roadless Rule Repeal in Alaska? Bad idea.
Keeping track of efforts to save the “Roadless Rule” in Alaska hasn’t been easy.