A personal journey through the world of setnet fishing in Naknek, Alaska. From wild ocean waters to the final smokehouse—this is sockeye life.

All that the American West once was, Alaska still is ... helps explain why it is home to the world's largest sockeye salmon runs and one of North America's largest chinook, or king, salmon ...

From May to September, the fish counts are generally high, salmon are running, Alaska’s midnight sun is warm and bright, and fishermen are giddy. That said, the 2024 fishing season was slow for ...

Lake Clark protects the headwaters of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers that flow into Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run ... It also puts Alaska Native communities and ...

Suk-kegh means red fish. The sockeye, also called red or blueback salmon, is among the smaller of the seven Pacific salmon species, but their succulent, bright-orange meat is prized above all others.