KENAI — In the long, lazy days before Alaska’s most bonkers fishery brings bedlam and blood to the beaches of Kenai, one of the state’s least likely and most laid-back fisheries exists as an ephemeral ...

Chris Paparo knew the fish on the end of his line was big. But looking down through the crystal-clear depths, he spied a flash of brown that revealed the unmistakable silhouette of the fish of a ...

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

Over the past decade, it's become more difficult for commercial halibut fishermen off Alaska's coasts to catch enough to meet their quotas, as the flat whitefish have become less abundant and smaller.

Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) Regulations for Alaska halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The groups regulating halibut ...

Accessible wilderness, heaps of trails and enough trophy fish to spawn “it was THIS big” stories for years to come: It’s easy to see why the Kenai Peninsula is sometimes referred to as “Alaska’s ...

KENAI, Alaska - Saltwater fishery officials are reporting a resurgence of a mysterious condition that's bound to turn the stomachs of anglers - mushy halibut syndrome. Although the condition that ...

Fishermen on the central Kenai Peninsula will be able to head to the Kenai and Russian rivers for some fishing starting Saturday. Sockeye fishing on the Russian River will open Saturday at 12:01 a.m.

HOMER, Alaska — Jason Stafslien is a very experienced fisherman, and his experience is paying off. Stafslien along with eight others flew to Homer, Alaska, for a six-day fishing trip on Friday, Aug.