Chris Paparo knew the fish on the end of his line was big. But looking down through the crystal-clear depths, he spied a flash of brown that revealed the unmistakable silhouette of the fish of a ...

Economic and regulatory factors have over the years forced some Alaska halibut charter fishermen and women to adapt, moving to new waters for their harvests, a new University of Alaska Fairbanks study ...

My wife Jeanie, on her quest to see all 50 states, was checking Alaska off the list and was nice enough to invite me to join her. Of course, when her daughter Liesl found out, and that fishing would ...

Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) Regulations for Alaska halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The groups regulating halibut ...

SEWARD, Alaska — David Rokser was pedaling his fishing kayak last week, trolling as he went along, hoping to catch a salmon or maybe a rockfish. The Duluth native was on Resurrection Bay in the North ...

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 ...