FAIRBANKS - Frieda Wiley was all set to go silver salmon fishing in Valdez on Sunday, when a last-minute spot opened up on a halibut charter. Hours later, Wiley was back on the dock dwarfed by the ...

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 ...

THERE’S BEEN NO official announcement yet from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, but after a series of planning meetings, proposed dates for the upcoming halibut season have leaked. After ...

Halibut is a predatory marine flatfish. it has a dark, or upper side, where both eyes are located, and a white. or lower side. It swims sideways with its body flat and its dark side facing up. This ...