Three days of halibut and king salmon fishing cost me $1,000 - not cheap, but still, I came home with 40 pounds of cleaned fish, which would cost $320 in an L.A. market.

One look at the Valdez Halibut Derby, which runs through August 31, confirms this, with ever bigger fish seemingly caught ...

PETERSBURG, Alaska -- The average halibut is big and uglier than the inside of a dumpster, as everyone in this little cannery town knows. By big, I mean 100 to 400 pounds, which is why fishermen ...

If you're looking for the best things to do in Ketchikan Alaska, ... The Ketchikan Halibut Fishing Charters is one of the few I've found that not only have perfect 5-star reviews but will help ...

David Stammen of Sidney, Ohio, reeled in his first halibut aboard a Homer Ocean Charter boat - followed by 12 more over the course of his fishing trip in June.

Simeon Swetzof Jr. has been a halibut fisherman for more than 30 years. He's also the mayor of St. Paul, a town of about 500 people, mostly Alaska Native Aleuts, in the remote Pribilof Islands.

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 ...

A Southeast Alaska fisheries entity with a proven track record for providing thousands of free seafood meals to those in need ...