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 ...

A freediver who braved Alaska’s frigid waters in search of a spearfishing challenge has set a world record for Pacific halibut. “I love a good challenge and Alaska was definitely the right playing ...

A Southeast Alaskan fisherman has been sentenced in an illegal halibut fishing conspiracy. Vincent Jacobson, 52, was sentenced on May 6 to five years’ probation, a $15,000 fine and a world-wide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two boys from Craig, Alaska, gained notoriety this week after catching a 100-pound halibut on their own aboard a 14-foot skiff.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Duby racked up several convictions as a halibut sport-fishing and hunting guide in Juneau. He has now been convicted of ...

In 2022, the commercial halibut fishery in the Gulf of Alaska killed and discarded nearly twice as many halibut — nearly one million pounds — as the Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet. This fleet, which ...