VALDEZ — When asked what he was thinking when he saw his 364.8-pound halibut come out of the water, Lloyd Fanter responded, “I was absolutely amazed at how big the lips were. It was a big fish.” ...

Steller sea lions feast on returning salmon in Valdez, Alaska. On the shores of Prince William Sound, Steller sea lions lurk amid a technicolor swirl of fish at the Salmon Gulch Fish Hatchery in ...

Jager Thurmond of Wasilla has been fishing Valdez for years but this year is the first time he bought a derby ticket. And, he said, the silver salmon he reeled in is the only fish he has caught this ...

After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 6th installment of a ten-part series ...

The Ninth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby kicked off Tuesday and runs through Sunday, Sept. 14. Put on annually by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce, the derby strives to discourage selective fishing by ...

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 ...

Today was silver salmon day, and everyone around the lodge was excited. Guide Luke Valentino and I were assigned to take a family of five up the Kamishak to see if the silvers, also known as coho, ...