Call it beginner’s luck. Add in the fact that he was a gracious winner, and you have Mike Smiley’s recent Alaskan halibut fishing adventure. Smiley, 40, of Baldwinsville, recently won $10,000 for ...

Sometimes a chef’s commitment to using only fresh, local ingredients is a fine and noble thing. And sometimes it’s just a pain. Take halibut: When I worked in the Bay Area, local halibut was cheap and ...

Check out this barn door Halibut we caught in Alaska! What a great day out on the water. We were out here bottom bouncing for ...

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 ...

With the end of Alaska's biggest fish derby earlier this week, salmon and halibut anglers are hanging up their poles -- waiting for the return of spring -- and with it, another flood of fish into ...

In Anchorage, Bridge Company has earned a reputation as a dockside treasure where halibut takes center stage. Fresh catches ...

Sales of Alaska’s most popular seafoods are being hit hard by markets upended by the coronavirus, but perhaps none is getting battered worse than halibut. Along with the big losses in the lucrative ...

A struggle in Alaska over shrinking supplies of halibut is threatening the iconic centerpiece fish in favor of cheaper exports, fast-food fillets and fish sticks. If expected cuts are made in January, ...

IN Sunday’s guest column, the Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association referred to trawl fishing as a grave threat and an “environmentally disastrous policy” that has devastated their halibut ...