The Perfect Alaska Fishing Trip
What constitutes the perfect Alaska fishing trip? That’s a slippery question. By Ken Marsh Blackflies buzzed my face and prowled my sleeves and … Continue reading The Perfect Alaska Fishing Trip
Category: Fishing Alaska
Three-Thousand Rivers
To greater or lesser extents, Alaskans depend upon rivers to lead us to our homes, livelihoods, recreation, and food sources as surely as citizens of Seattle, Los Angeles, Memphis or Pittsburg rely upon freeways to access the same things. Continue reading Three-Thousand Rivers
Southcentral Alaska’s Alpine Angling Options
And of course, waiting at the far end of the trail are those mountain lakes, deep and cold, holding hungry trout, grayling and char eager to strike flies, spinners or spoons. Continue reading Southcentral Alaska’s Alpine Angling Options
Rainbow Days
We caught and released at least 50 trout that late summer day, all big, powerful, vibrantly colored fish that leaped … Continue reading Rainbow Days
Cooking Wild: Eating Alaskan
Few places in the civilized world retain a stronger connection to hunting, gathering and eating well from the land than … Continue reading Cooking Wild: Eating Alaskan
Common Denominators: Fishing for Char in Alaska
No matter where in Alaska an angler travels, chances are that a hard-fighting fish with pink-spotted flanks and bellies the … Continue reading Common Denominators: Fishing for Char in Alaska
The Fishing News
From a Southcentral Alaska angler’s perspective, no season matches the power, vibrancy and beauty of fall. By Ken Marsh The … Continue reading The Fishing News
Hunting for Heavyweights
Halibut in Alaska waters grow huge — the state sportfishing record stands at 459 pounds — and are rightly considered … Continue reading Hunting for Heavyweights
Precious Speckled Trout
When I look at a cutthroat trout, I am reminded of a shy child, freckled, cast out of the mainstream … Continue reading Precious Speckled Trout
Rainbow Connections
Even today every rainbow trout I catch, large or small, is measured against a time when I was very young and the world was new and everything that happened came as a surprise. Continue reading Rainbow Connections
WILD COUNTRY with Ken Marsh 