With the end of Alaska's biggest fish derby earlier this week, salmon and halibut anglers are hanging up their poles -- waiting for the return of spring -- and with it, another flood of fish into ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If there’s a date that never fails to put a smile on my face, it’s March 15, which is not an obscure holiday but the beginning of Alaskan halibut season.

With a new halibut season cranking up in Southcentral, anglers pursuing the big, tasty flatfish should keep one word in mind. Small. While halibut will never be confused with hooligan, the average ...

HOMER, Alaska, June 29 (UPI) -- Just three days after a man caught a 340.6-pound halibut to take the lead in Alaska's Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, another monster fish has displaced him. Daniel ...

When you buy a McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwich, you might notice the little blue label that tells you the fish you’re about to eat is certified as environmentally sustainable. That sounds like good ...

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

• Season the halibut fillets with salt & pepper, and gently set in hot pan • Using a metal spatula, flip halibut after two minutes, having created a nice sear. Put pan in pre-heated oven for 12-15 ...

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — It wasn't a record breaker, but it was still a helluva halibut. Petersburg radio station KFSK reportsthat fishermen Brian Mattson and Doug Corl hauled in the catch of a ...

Tension between the commercial and sport charter fleets over southeast Alaska halibut limits is growing as commercial fishermen recently learned the number of halibut they are allowed to catch will ...

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) – It wasn’t a record breaker, but it was still a helluva halibut. Petersburg radio station KFSK reports that fishermen Brian Mattson and Doug Corl hauled in the catch of a ...

A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted five commercial fishermen accused of orchestrating a long-running illegal halibut harvest scheme in Southeast Alaska. The case centers around the fishing ...