The Pacific halibut opening date for waters off California this year aligns with the April 1 opening date for all-depth recreational boat-based fishing for many groundfish species statewide, including ...

Pacific halibut fishermen across all sectors—commercial, sport, subsistence, and personal use—will compete for the smallest ...

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 ...

Additional days have been added to the summer all-depth Pacific halibut fishery in the Columbia River and Central Coast subareas. Between Leadbetter Point, Washington, and Cape Falcon, added all-depth ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife updated its halibut season, opening late season all-depth recreational halibut fishing beginning Aug. 16 and raising the annual halibut limit ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will host a public meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July 29 to receive input on the 2026 recreational Pacific halibut season. The meeting is being ...

Experience Day 1 in Ketchikan, Alaska, with highlights from an incredible fishing trip with Tj and Jan at Alaska Strike Zone. This video showcases the adventure of catching monster fish over four days ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced plans today for the 2025 halibut fishing season, which will kick off April 3 in some Puget Sound marine areas and May 1 in coastal ...

The halibut fishery of the North Pacific -- long touted as a model for wise fisheries management and the goodness of privatizing commercial fisheries -- is now in such dire straits regulators were ...