Justin Johnson surveyed his nets and the large net reel of his bowpicker the F/V White Night at the Cordova Harbor in early June, as he prepared for the next day’s opener. “So a 20 pound king is a ...

At last week's meeting of the Arrowhead Fly Fishers, Alaskan fishing guide Tim Pearson offered an overview of fishing on the Copper River in southwestern Alaska. Opening day on the river, where only ...

An Alaska commercial fishing season unlike any other kicked off in Cordova on Thursday. Normally, the Copper River gillnet season, the first salmon fishery to open in the state, is known for ...

The Copper River dip net fishery is re-opening after being shut down for more than a month. A dismal early wild sockeye return, which threatened escapement goals, is rebounding, according to ...

The bounce-back summer for king salmon in several waterways across Alaska is not universal, and one mighty river that's struggling mightily is the Copper River. Draining parts of the Wrangell and ...

As the famed Copper River salmon season begins, isolated fishing towns are bracing for an influx of workers and their first brush with the coronavirus. By Mike Baker The people of Cordova, Alaska, had ...

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