Charter operators in the Gulf of Alaska will soon be able to buy halibut quota from willing commercial fishermen. That’s after funding was included for a new catch-sharing program in the federal ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Haimel (far left) pulled the huge fish through the ice after a 2.5-hour battle. A group of Canadian ice fishermen caught a ...

Capt. Jim Walsh on his 100-foot charter boat, American Classic, left the Hampton, New Hampshire, marina at 9 p.m. Sunday. By 4 a.m. he and his crew of 30 anglers were 100 miles offshore in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It was very exciting. Everybody was screaming and yelling, it was great," he said about the potential record-setting catch.

Dock Totals 7/10 – 7/16: 4424 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 397 barracuda, 793 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 1 blue perch, 4 bocaccio, 1868 ...

Took out my Zodiac Cadet 350 Inflatable Boat with a 9.9 HP Yamaha Outboard to San Francisco Bay in search of California Halibut. Caught a few using a trolling setup for the first time. Gear used: - Ra ...

Kyle Perry of North Pole reeled in a 76-pound halibut aboard the Sentinel last Thursday. Moments later, Thomas Rakowski II of Valdez hooked into a 115.6-pound halibut the minute his bait on his ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week additional recreational halibut fishing dates through most of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in August and September. The ...

The International Fish and Game Association (IFGA) is in the process of determining if a 13-year-old from Hampton, New Hampshire caught a record-setting halibut. Jackson Denio reeled in the 177-pound ...