I got a call from a guide Saturday who asked if I wanted to take a trip up north on his new raft. The shakedown trip would iron out any bugs with his equipment and let him check out new gear and scope ...

FAIRBANKS — The first thing Sam McCallister did when we stepped on his boat at Chitina was collect his fee. “That’s $110 each,” he announced to me and six other dip netters who were seated on the boat ...

FAIRBANKS — Dip netting for salmon in the Copper River at Chitina dropped off this week when the river came up. On Tuesday night, Chitina charter operator Mark Hem reported that the Copper River was ...

Chitina dip netters are now able to harvest a king salmon. The usual allowance in the popular Copper River personal use fishery is back after being rescinded this spring out of concern about a weak ...