HOMER -- In the Halibut Capital of the World, it's harder to catch a small fish than it is to reel in a big one. That wasn't an unhappy situation for four visitors from Roseburg, Oregon. About a week ...

Seward, Alaska - Things got kind of crazy there for awhile, a predictable turn of events when there’s a big halibut at the end of the line. Jerry Stanislowski of Grand Forks, N.D., had just landed a ...

Rockfish limits were the rule this week for anglers launching from Monterey Harbor. Charter and private boats headed around the Point Pinos corner and fished a great mix of yellows, blacks, blues, and ...

YOU FEEL SMALL surrounded by the size and strength of the Pacific Ocean. But now I know what all the fuss is about. After striking out on attempts to fish the halibut opener and a later halibut ...

SOMETIMES, EVEN WHEN fishing is good, it’s bad. Case in point: Last spring’s recreational halibut fishery in Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca was so productive the state Department of Fish and ...

The halibut fishery begins Monday in Puget Sound and the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the outlook should be fairly decent. “We’ve got a lot of guys gearing up for halibut, and while it won’t be ...