OCEAN-GOING ANGLERS received good news this week with the addition of time on the water for halibut this month. Additional dates of June 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 and 30 were officially announced for La ...

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 ...

Pacific halibut is back on the list of abundant sport fishing opportunities this time of year along the Oregon coast. n Sport halibut opens north of Cape Falcon Aug. 3 and will continue every Friday ...

ANCHORAGE — What might be the largest Pacific halibut ever documented was pulled from the Bering Sea off St. Paul Island on Sept. 5 by the crew of the fishing boat Miss Mary. The 8-foot, 2-inch ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. Last of three parts. Fish ...

Pacific halibut are a revered fish for sport and tablefare. Columnist Scott Mackenthun and a group of friends caught a number of halibut on an August fishing charter. Scott Mackenthun, special to The ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. First of three parts. ABOARD ...

NEWPORT - Fishing was so good off the central coast last weekend that anglers took the remaining Pacific halibut quota for the season, causing fishery managers to close the popular fishery.

Salmon fishing is closed this year on the ocean and California rivers, but that didn’t stop Cat Kaiser, operations and events director for the Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA), from having a ...