Description
May 2013 | Spring into Kings!
Departments
Alaska Traveler 6
Editor’s Creel 8
Contest 10
Gear Bag 14
Fishing for a Compliment 18
Tackle Tech 24
Salmon Sense 26
EZ Limits: A Guide’s Angle 28
Fish Alaska Fly 32
Fish Alaska Boats 34
Fish Alaska Saltwater 38
Fish Alaska Stillwater 40
Flying Alaska 42
Recipe 92
Advertiser Index 95
Final Drift 98
SPECIAL SECTION
Alaska Fish Derby Roundup
by Joy Doverspike 88
From the Homer Halibut Derby to Seward’s famous Silver Salmon Derby, we give you a guide to the summer’s fish payouts. Buy a ticket, go fishing and make money – what could be better than that?
Stinger Hooks
by John Rantz
Set your offerings up with a trailing hook and increase your bite-to-hookup ratio this summer, whether trolling herring for kings or swinging flies for trout.
by Terry Sheely
Target trophy Chinook in the salt by searching where others do not, namely in the near-shore areas around kelp beds and large rocks.
Gear Movement for Kings
by Scott Haugen
Whether fishing drift-bobbers and roe or pulling plugs, create more movement with your offerings and catch more kings – it’s that simple, and Scott Haugen explains how.
Tidewater Trolling
by JD Richey
Don’t overlook river mouths when searching for eager biters this season. Contributing editor JD Richey shows you where, when and how to find kings in tidewater.
The Return of the Prodigal Fisherman
by Bjorn Dihle
A Jonah? Not anymore, as Bjorn Dihle expounds on his continuing evolution as an angler in southeast Alaska, from early days on the water with his father and brothers through the beginning of a commercial-fishing career and on to his current efforts to reconnect with the region’s sport fish via rod and reel.
A Journey to Middle Earth
by Jason Gasper
Take a float down the wild and scenic Kisaralik River and encounter five species of salmon, trout, char and grayling, all set amidst a truly authentic wilderness experience.
William “Jack” Hernandez Fish Hatchery
by George Krumm
Come inside Alaska’s new state-of-the-art fish hatchery, which combines the latest technology with the steady efforts of its staff to improve the stillwater fishing in southcentral Alaska.
