ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A 144-pound halibut has placed a Fairbanks woman at the top of the board in the Valdez Halibut Derby. Melissa Hurd told Alaska’s News Source she’s been fishing in Valdez ...

Melissa Hurd of Fairbanks leads the Valdez Halibut Derby with a 144.2-pound catch. More fishing fun is ahead with the Kids ...

This is not Hurd’s first prize fish, she said. In 2023, she won the Daily Silver Salmon Derby in Valdez. While she does not expect to remain in first place by the end of the season, Hurd said she’s ...

A woman from Fairbanks, Alaska, has taken the lead in the annual Valdez Halibut Derby with a catch last Friday that tipped ...

We have the whole Thundermist gang out fishing for halibut here in Peterborough Alaska. We're running the 120lb T-Turn Bait Rig to keep us tangle-free, with a SS40 Viper Spoon to give our bait some ...

Emergency Order 2-RS-1-29-25 opens the Russian River Sanctuary Area to sport fishing for sockeye salmon. Emergency Order 2-RS ...

A northern Kenai fishing report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Friday says that there’s good fishing ...

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The Łingít (Tlingít) Elder and subsistence yaaw (herring) fisherman recalled harvesting gáax’w (herring eggs) in his territories before Alaska became a state in 1959. It was a time when yaaw were ...

Two hatchery release sites near Petersburg will continue allowing nonresident anglers to harvest king salmon even after a broader regional closure takes effect July 7. The statewide closure announced ...

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