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 ...

The Pacific halibut opening date for waters off California this year aligns with the April 1 opening date for all-depth recreational boat-based fishing for many groundfish species statewide, including ...

A Quebec angler who braved sub-freezing temperatures recently to participate in a research project ended up reeling a record-size halibut through the ice. The massive halibut, caught Jan. 31 by Alain ...

Federal fishery regulators are again proposing a one-fish daily bag limit for people fishing for halibut on charter boats in Southeast Alaska. The measure is needed to restrain the annual charter ...

Chris’ Fishing Trips posted half to full limits of nearshore rockfish and up to 12 lingcod on Check Mate trips this week. J&M Charters hosted 11 anglers aboard Kahuna on Monday and they did well with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire ...

Rockfish limits were the rule this week for anglers launching from Monterey Harbor. Charter and private boats headed around the Point Pinos corner and fished a great mix of yellows, blacks, blues, and ...

Federal fishery regulators meeting this week in Anchorage are trying again to end a 15-year battle between two competing fleets that hook halibut for a living. The proposal now on the table would ...

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND will see the reintroduction of what had become an annual outdoors tradition, the Port Angeles Salmon Club’s Halibut Derby. The derby formerly ran from 2001-2016 before cuts to the ...

They Hooked Into a MONSTER! Most people dream of catching a halibut this size. Mike, his mom, and friends traveled to Alaska ...