![Visiting Minnesotan Rebecca Lundberg hoists the 28-lb. white feeder king she caught Saturday, June 23, 2012, in Kachemak Bay.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bigfish-300x190.jpg)
Fishing season is approaching. We’ll find out what to expect in this year’s salmon runs. Last year was dreadful for kings, poor for silvers, and red hot for reds across Upper Cook Inlet. Do we know why? Will we see a repeat? And how do these predictions get made? We’ll have a biologist from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and two angling experts, to give fishing predictions, tips and ideas, as well as talking about gear, timing, trends, and dreams–where would you go fishing, if you could go anywhere?
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game–Sportfish Division
- Jim Lavrakas’ Skookum Charters
- Jim Lavrakas’ book “Snap Decisions”
- Tony Weaver fishing reports, Anchorage Daily News
- Alaska Outdoor Journal
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![An angler fishes the outgoing tide for king salmon at the Homer Fishing Hole, aka Nick Dudiak Lagoon, before the start of the 2011 Memorial Day weekend.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Homerfishing.jpg)
HOST: Charles Wohlforth
GUESTS:
![A father and son with their charter-caught halibut summer 2010.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/halibut-258x300.jpg)
- Tom Vania, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Jim Lavrakas, charter captain and fishing expert, Kachemak Bay
- Tony Weaver, fishing columnist and broadcaster
LIVE BROADCAST: Thursday May 16, 2013. 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday May 16, 2013. 7:00 – 8:00 pm AKT
CALENDAR EVENTS:
- Knik Canoers and Kayakers meeting (Anchorage 5/16)
- Wilderness First Responder classes (Palmer 5/20)
- Raised Bed Gardening class (Anchorage 5/23)
- Annual Creek Clean-Up (Anchorage 5/18)
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![Combat fishermen line the banks where Ship Creek's great run of king salmon then run the gauntlet in 2007.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ship-creek-kings.jpg)