Kasilof News

Pulses of red salmon surging into the Kenai and Kasilof rivers may be turning a bummer salmon season into a bounty.

The Kasilof beach is cool and calm at 10 a.m. on Monday as Yolanda Thomas emerges from her family-sized tent for a morning of dipnetting on the shore of the Kasilof River.

Fair warning to all: prepare to be inundated. I have returned from Alaska with a little bit of everything- killer stories, killer food, killer shots and most importantly, killer fishing.

If you've ever set-netted for salmon you'll understand the pull of Cook Inlet that Kathy Clark refers to in her essay, "The Pull of the Net." I fished commercially for eight years back in the '80s and missed it ...

Commercial driftnet fishermen experienced a record day on Thursday, bringing in about 450 fish per boat, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists say.

Every year tens of thousands of Alaskans and their families flock to the shores of the Kenai and Kasilof rivers, stick a net in the water and, hopefully, return to their homes with at least 25 fish.

Most members of the public who testified during the second half of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act legislative road show in Soldotna on Thursday argued that Alaska gas should benefit Alaskans first, but ...

Only a handful of driftnet-ters have begun to fish Cook Inlet since the commercial season began on Saturday and Sunday, but setnetters near the mouth of the Kasilof River are bringing in more fish than last ...

Oil from the Exxon Valdez spill creates an eerie orange glow on Alaska waters. Hundreds of thousands of fish and wildlife were killed in the 1989 disaster.

Membership has its privileges and Cohoe residents are finding this out firsthand as they are in the process of receiving free address signs.

While many anglers were debating which streamer to use on the Russian River, and the purists were choosing between their eight or nine weight fly rod, a few Alaskans were looking for other ways to stock the ...

For the first time in a LONG time I missed the Monday Memo, so here it is three days late.

Greg Endsley, Pat Zettler and John Fick trudged their way back to shore, their boots and pant legs coated in Cook Inlet mud.

Borough Mayor John Williams has approved paying court-ordered attorney fees to a plaintiff who sued the borough late last year when the assembly failed to seat three incumbents re-elected to their assembly ...

King salmon fishing in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers was reported to be very good this past week and should only get better going into the weekend, as historically the numbers of early run king salmon moving ...

Members of the Carlson family N son Forrest, 13; dad Jerry; grandsons Drake, 11, and Drew, 14 N take a break at Inlet View Lodge in Ninilchik during their Kenai-to-Homer walk that is raising funds for Kenai ...

Prosecutors say Pence had been drinking and began making accusations against his wife.

A Kenai grand jury has indicted a 45-year-old Kasilof man on one count of attempted murder and four assault charges following an alleged drunken escapade involving rifle fire May 25.

The board of directors of Kachemak Heritage Land Trust has announced the resignation of its long-time executive director, Barbara Seaman, effective Friday.

Barb Seaman will leave Kachemak Heritage Land Trust on Friday after 18 years of conservation efforts.