Q: I have a question about safely bringing large halibut onboard. Because the Pacific halibut caught in Alaska are often over 100 pounds, deckhands use pistols or small shotguns to kill the fish ...

We all had a big scare on Tuesday night. After an 8.7 earthquake off the coast of Russia, a tsunami warning went out for almost the entire Pacific Ocean. The tsunami surge that eventually hit our area ...

In partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times, Northern Journal has chronicled the long, steep decline ...

SEWARD, Alaska — David Rokser was pedaling his fishing kayak last week, trolling as he went along, hoping to catch a salmon or maybe a rockfish. The Duluth native was on Resurrection Bay in the North ...

The following questions were asked on the state Department of Fish & Wildlife website: QUESTION: I have a question about safely bringing large halibut onboard. Because the Pacific halibut caught in ...

I grew up in Alaska and I’ve heard this story forever, including when I worked on a salmon fishing boat for two summers. It’s the claim of a sometimes lethal danger to fishermen posed by a large ...

Dock Totals 7/10 – 7/16: 4424 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 397 barracuda, 793 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 1 blue perch, 4 bocaccio, 1868 ...

As a longtime halibut charter fisherman and small-business owner, I want to thank the Anchorage Daily News — and reporter Hal Bernton, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal — for ...

Dock Totals 6/8 – 6/14: 2728 anglers aboard 125 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 35 barracuda, 416 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 112 bonito, 21 cabezon, 2312 ...