A woman from Fairbanks, Alaska, has taken the lead in the annual Valdez Halibut Derby with a catch last Friday that tipped the scale at 144.2 pounds. Melissa Hurd told Alaska’s News Source that ...

A woman from Fairbanks, Alaska, has taken the lead in the annual Valdez Halibut Derby with a catch last Friday that tipped the scale at 144.2 pounds. Melissa Hurd told Alaska’s News Source that ...

The Valdez Halibut Derby record, set in 2017, stands at 374 pounds. For comparison, the all-tackle world record for Pacific halibut is 459 pounds. That giant was caught out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in ...

Halibut, which look like flounder but bigger, can grow to some impressive sizes. One look at the Valdez Halibut Derby, which ...

Anglers are catching pink salmon from the shores of Allison Point in Valdez and are picking up silver salmon in Prince ...

A woman caught a massive halibut during a fishing tournament in Alaska, but because she didn’t have a ticket to enter the competition, she lost out on the prize money.

Mel Grove of Wasilla caught a 185.4-pound halibut July 5 to take the lead in the Valdez Halibut Derby.