California halibut get to about 60 pounds, and fish over 50 pounds are very rare. ... Mr. Lagrisola took home $2950 for his winning 43 pound halibut ...

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. But Culley kept fishing and he’s glad he did.

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.

100 & 300 pound halibut Courtesy John Beath. ... 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.

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 ...

Bucking the odds, Jesus "Skip" Torres of Elmendorf continues to cling to his lead in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby. Torres caught his 248-pound fish May 21 with captain Keith Kalke of Ocean ...

The Halibut Commission published a technical report in 1970 stating, "Halibut between five and ten pounds are designated in the market as 'chickens,' those 10 to 60 pounds as 'mediums' and over 60 ...

Fishing Restaurant owner shows off massive 294-pound halibut: 'King of the sea' He estimates that it must have been between 60-80 years old ...

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.

2001-02-11 04:00:00 PDT PETERSBURG, ALASKA-- The average halibut is big and uglier than the inside of a dumpster, as everyone in this little cannery town knows.By big, I mean 100 to 400 pounds ...

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 ...