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The Egegik Community (R12T-03) is a major commercial Pacific salmon fishing area. Pink, chum, sockeye, coho and chinook salmon are harvested (drift net) commercially in Egegik Bay (R12T-01 & R12T-02) and at the mouth of the Egegik River. [1] Fishermen will find a variety of fish including coho salmon, dolly varden and pink salmon here. [3]
Jan. 17—CATCHES OF THE WEEK At Eagle Nest Lake, Mairen Hoch, above left, of Los Alamos caught a 26-inch rainbow trout while ice fishing on Jan. 14. ... Zachary Dostart, 14, of Rio Rancho caught ...
The wave may have been about 40 feet (12 m) tall [8] when it entered Icy Bay itself about 12 minutes after the landslide, [2] and it inundated the bay's coastline with run-up levels of as much as 4 to 5 meters (13 to 16 feet) in some places, [1] although the run-up diminished to below the normal high-tide level in Icy Bay at distances greater ...
Oct. 31—The crisp scrape of steel on a turquoise surface. Towering snow-dusted mountains bathed in golden light. Frozen water clear enough to spot fish and boulder gardens underfoot. Hundreds of ...
Tractor and rig for drilling holes for ice fishing Ice ax for drilling holes. Ice fishing gear is highly specialized. An ice saw, ice auger or chisel is used to cut a circular or rectangular hole in the ice. The size of the hole depends on the type of fish sought, generally suggested is 8 inches (20 cm). Power augers are sometimes used.
Most of Alaska's population is in the Cook Inlet area, with highest concentration in Anchorage. Along the East side of the Cook Inlet, the Kenai Peninsula is host to many smaller fishing communities, such as Kenai, Soldotna, Ninilchick, Anchor Point and Homer. Many residents of the Kenai rely on income generated from fisheries in the Cook Inlet.
The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.
Also on the Canadian side and entering the lower Stikine, like the Great Glacier, are the Mud and Flood Glaciers, which form the boundaries of the small Boundary Range, which is an eastern abutment of the range comprising the Stikine Icecap and marks the approximate boundary claimed by the United States prior to the Alaska Boundary Settlement ...