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SILVER SALMON GETTING BIGGER, NEW LEADER IN VALDEZ HALIBUT DERBY

August 17, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

SILVER SALMON GETTING BIGGER, NEW LEADER IN VALDEZ HALIBUT DERBY  VALDEZ, Alaska – Silver Salmon are moving closer to Valdez and competition in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby is expected to get fierce in the final weeks. Alisa Mac Innes of Tampa, Florida still has the largest salmon on the board with the 14.88 pound Read More

FIRST FISH OF THE DAY WINS LISA CRONK THE DERBY CROWN

August 9, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Well over 400 lady anglers hit the waters out of Valdez Saturday in hopes of catching the largest silver salmon and bringing home the coveted Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby crown. At the end of the day, it was Lisa Cronk of Valdez who captured the crown and she was more excited Read More

WOMEN’S SILVER SALMON DERBY IS THIS WEEKEND IN VALDEZ

August 3, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska –There are a few changes this year, but the Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby is happening and a Queen will be crowned. Valdez Fish Derbies will give cash and prizes to the Women catching the three biggest fish. Leaders for the day will be posted at weigh-in and derby officials are asking that Read More

SILVER SALMON DERBY UNDERWAY, HALIBUT DERBY GOING STRONG

July 26, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – James Sayre of Valdez, Alaska made his way to the Valdez Fish Derbies weigh-in station Saturday to weigh-in the first silver salmon in the Valdez Derby. When asked what the secret to landing this solid silver salmon was, Sayre responded: “Actually I tried mooching for the first time out at Knowles Head. Read More

KIDS PINK SALMON DERBY AND SILVER SALMON DERBY START SATURDAY

July 20, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Anglers are already catching pink salmon at Allison Point in Valdez and young anglers will have a chance to catch fish and win prizes this Saturday in the Valdez Kids Pink Salmon Derby. This year the derby will be Virtual with Kids submitting pictures on the Valdez Fish Derbies website for a Read More

BIG HALIBUT COMING IN AND PINK SALMON HEADED TO VALDEZ

July 13, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Debbie Coates of Fairbanks caught herself a pretty solid 164.4 pound halibut July 5th aboard the Billie Sue. “I caught it at about 164 feet, which is kind of cool because it ended up weighing 164 pounds,” Coates said. The day after Coates landed her halibut, Fairbanks angler Roger Horrace reeled in Read More

NICE WEATHER AND CALM SEAS HAVE ALLOWED ANGLERS TO ACCESS GREAT HALIBUT, ROCKFISH AND LINGCOD FISHING IN THE SOUND

July 6, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Elias Sturm of Fairbanks had a good feeling before he went fishing last Monday. “I bought a derby ticket before I started fishing because I had a good feeling about the day,” Sturm said. “I didn’t know how big it was until it got to the surface and even then we weren’t Read More

TWO HUNDRED POUND FISH TAKES LEAD IN HALIBUT DERBY VALDEZ KIDS PINK SALMON DERBY HAPPENING JULY 25TH

June 29, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – “Put the time in. If you’re willing to be patient, most of the time you’ll end up with nice fish,” said Jim Rothenbuhler shortly after catching the 201.2 pound halibut that puts him in the lead in the Valdez Halibut Derby. “Fishing is one of those things. You can hit it real Read More

THE FISHING IS ON IN VALDEZ, ALASKA

June 28, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Diane Jewkes of North Pole won the 1st place weekly prize in the Valdez Halibut Derby with a 117.2 pound fish she caught June 17th aboard the Moscato Myst. Bonnie Saxum of Valdez took 2nd place weekly with a halibut weighing in at 111 pounds. Saxum has made it into the top Read More

HALIBUT FISHING HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS IN VALDEZ

June 15, 2020 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Jeff Saxe of Valdez has his own boat and fishes in Valdez every Summer. As the owner of Eagle’s Rest RV Park, Saxe probably talks to more tourists each year than anyone in Valdez and he is really excited about how good the halibut fishing is this year. Saxe reeled in a Read More

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