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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Join us on a fishing trip in San Francisco where we utilize a handmade heavy-duty crab snare. The adventure includes catching rays and a leopard shark, with anchovies sourced from Pier 47 at Fisherman ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dock Totals 3/9 – 3/15: 497 anglers aboard 18 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 26 bonito, 2 calico bass, 17 halibut (24 released), 21 lingcod, 14 rock crab, ...

Halibut catch show there is still plenty of quota poundage to go around for Puget Sound and the North Coast catch areas. Puget Sound, which includes Marine Area 5 (Sekiu), 6 (Eastern Strait of Juan de ...

Took out my Zodiac Cadet 350 Inflatable Boat with a 9.9 HP Yamaha Outboard to San Francisco Bay in search of California ...