California halibut get to about 60 pounds, and fish over 50 pounds are very rare.

The biggest halibut he had ever caught before that was 60 pounds. “I was ready to quit right then,” said the 68-year-old Culley, of Fairbanks.

Fishing for Pacific (gray) cod has been good throughout Prince William Sound and, as of July 1, anglers can keep yelloweye ...

PORT ANGELES — The freezer Phil Flanders and his crew brought for the Port Angeles Salmon Club’s halibut derby will head south filled with flatties. Flanders landed a 143-pound monster halibut that ...

According to the Marine Species Portal of the state of California website, the largest reported length and weight for halibut are 60 inches and 72 pounds, although halibut greater than 45 inches ...

Adult halibut can be up to 9 feet long and can weigh up to 700 pounds. Compare that to a monster king salmon, which at 50 to 60 pounds suddenly doesn’t seem quite so regal.

A 185.4-pound halibut has put a Palmer man in first place at the Valdez Halibut Derby, even though he says he’s caught much ...

The category aims to encourage anglers to release halibut weighing more than 60 pounds, typically females with significant breeding potential.

Using his techniques in some of his favorite places, Beath says he has caught as many 60 halibut in three hours. His biggest Pacific is 325 pounds, which was 7-feet, one-inch long.

Anglers with a special arrangement to go ice fishing Sunday on the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec caught a 109-pound Atlantic halibut that took them four hours to land. Remi and Mathieu Aubin needed ...

A woman caught a massive halibut during a fishing tournament in Alaska, but because she didn’t have a ticket to enter the competition, she lost out on the prize money.

Flanders landed a 143-pound monster halibut that was weighed in with 20 minutes remaining in the derby to take the $5,000 top prize at the 15th annual fishing contest.