With gillnet fishing limited to only a few days on the Kuskokwim for most of June and July, some people on the river turned to alternative ways of filling their smokehouses. In Sleetmute, Barb Carlson ...

It was a hot summer day in 2001. Governor Tony Knowles had a big decision looming on his desk back in Juneau: Whether to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling ...

Kenzie Englishoe stands by an abandoned fish wheel ounce used by her ancestors in Fort Yukon. Thursday, August 31, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) In August, MacKenzie Englishoe returned home ...

FAIRBANKS - It may surprise people that the picturesque fishwheels so much a part of Interior Alaska life, and so often associated with Athabascan Indian culture, are not indigenous to Alaska or ...

Fish wheels, like the one in this 1903 photo along the Washougal River, floated on deeper rivers with salmon runs from 1866 until they were banned in 1934. Today, they are used to catch salmon for ...

Fish traps have been in use ever since there has been water and mud. Original inhabitants of Alaska who lived along the river systems figured out quite quickly how to trap fish. The first traps were ...

Ask just about any angler the top 10 places they hope to fish someday, and you can bet that Alaska is going to make that list. Alaska has a very wide variety of fishing opportunities, and fantastic ...