SOLDOTNA — A trio of anglers leaned on the edge of Jordan Carter’s boat in shallow water on the Kenai River last month, victoriously enjoying a cold beverage. Their ride with Carter, a local fishing ...

Thursday was opening day for Kenai's personal use dipnet fishery at the mouth of the Kenai River. The summer tradition is a way for Alaskans to catch enough salmon to last them through the winter. It ...

A northern Kenai fishing report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Friday says sockeye fishing on the Kenai River is “exceptional.” Freshwater fishing The Russian River and Russian ...

KENAI — Hundreds of fishermen dotted the banks at the mouth of the Kenai River on Saturday as silhouettes of gulls swarmed the horizon, with Mount Redoubt in the distance. Above, the warm — and this ...

Fishermen use a set-beach seine net in Upper Cook Inlet on July 23, 2024. (Photo provided by Brian Gabriel) Last summer, a quiet revolution unfolded on the shores of the Kenai Peninsula. A group of ...

Amber Every (center) directs tractors pulling in a seine net holding sockeye salmon on a beach site on Thursday, July 18, 2024 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLL) For the second year in a row, ...

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 ...

The shift to sockeye has definitely taxed the more than 260 registered guides working on the river. Matt Holley, who operates Kenai Kingpin, said instead of booking a single king trip in a day, he is ...

Erosion control and walkway improvements are needed at Big Eddy Day Use Area, which provides fishing access points to the Kenai River in Soldotna, Alaska, according to Shannon Martin, executive ...