Salmon fishing boats operate outside of the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka. Many coastal Alaskans say that a half-century of the state's limited-entry system for commercial fishing has resulted in an ...

ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (WLS) -- A man who went to high school in north suburban Round Lake Beach has died while working on a fishing boat in Alaska. Authorities said 21-year-old Corwin Wheeler became ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Hundreds of tons of marine debris have been collected from the shores of Alaska and British Columbia as part of an unprecedented cleanup effort that an organizer says barely made a ...

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 ...

WE’RE PULLED OVER on a gravel bank in interior Alaska, peering down a series of Class IV rapids named the Toilet Bowl. There are five of us in three 30-year-old rafts. No one wants a swirlie. Only one ...

New research ranks Alaska, Florida, Delaware, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota as the top states for going fishing in the United States. Alaska is the best state to go fishing, followed by Florida ...

Alaska State Troopers say quick action by three public safety employees likely saved the life of a 54-year-old California man near Egegik (EE’-geh-gick). Jose Orendez of Fallbrook, Calif., and his son ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A human leg with a fishing boot still on was found in a debris pile that collected in the waters near Alaska’s capital city. Juneau Police Lt. David Campbell says the leg — from the ...

• How the tasks (such as gold mining, salmon fishing, railroading) aren't just hard, they're difficult in ways you never imagined, and being in Alaska makes them even tougher. • How the people devoted ...