Gulls feeding on hooligan in April, 2025. By high tide on Monday, the sky was overcast and spitting rain. Birds circled cacophonously above the Chilkoot River, and sea lions bellowed downstream.

For the Capital City Weekly. Walking through wet snow, I follow my dad and Kéet to the smokehouse. Dad sets down the panful of fish he’s carrying. Kéet sniffs the bucket. In the pan are shiny silver ...

Louie Wagner empties a net of hooligan into his boat on the Unuk River. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) When hooligan start running in Southeast Alaska at the end of winter, the Wagner family heads to the mouth ...