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2024 KVAK Kids Broadcasting Camp

July 18, 2024 By Laurie Prax

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2024 KVAK Kids Broadcasting Camp Sponsored by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Meet the Students/Staff who helped put together the camp: Barrett McCumby – 2024 VHS Graduate, UAF Student & KVAK Employee Writer, Editor, Kids Broadcast Camp Director   Mar Prax – 2021 VHS Grad, ’24 Graduate of Missouri State, UofA Grad Student & KVAK Employee Writer, Read More

KIDS PINK SALMON DERBY AND SILVER SALMON DERBY START SATURDAY

July 14, 2024 By Laurie Prax

VALDEZ, Alaska – Anglers are catching pink salmon from the shores of Allison Point in Valdez. With the Valdez Fisheries Development Association (VFDA) forecasting a return of millions of pink salmon to Port Valdez this season, there should be a lot of action for the Kids Pink Salmon Derby this Saturday. Allison Point is a Read More

FIRST TIME HALIBUT ANGLER FROM VALDEZ SAYS SHE “GETS” FISHING AFTER REELING IN A 130-POUND HALIBUT

July 6, 2024 By Laurie Prax

VALDEZ, Alaska – Kimberly Baridiano moved to Valdez from the Philippines two years ago and went halibut fishing for the first time last Tuesday. Baridiano hooked into a 130.8-pound halibut and her catch put her on the leader board for a couple days, but it was the experience of catching a large fish that helped Read More

VALDEZ HALIBUT FISHING PRODUCTIVE, PINKS SPOTTED IN SOUND

June 30, 2024 By Laurie Prax

VALDEZ, Alaska – Last season, Paul Casey of Shelbyville, Tennessee took home the Valdez Halibut Derby 1st place prize of $10,000 with a halibut weighing in at 316.8-pounds. From 1991 to present, only two anglers have caught fish weighing in at less than 200-pounds and won the top prize for largest fish in the Valdez Read More

June 23, 2024 By Laurie Prax

12-YEAR-OLD GIRL STILL LEADING VALDEZ HALIBUT DERBY VALDEZ, Alaska – It generally takes a pretty big fish to win $10,000 in the Valdez Halibut Derby, but anglers are winning weekly prizes worth hundreds of dollars with fish weighing in at 120 to 150-pounds. This week, Tim Abney of Hamilton, Montana took home the 1st place Read More

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THRILL OF THE FIGHT DRAWS ANGLERS TO VALDEZ

June 16, 2024 By Laurie Prax

VALDEZ, Alaska – There is a lot of talk down at the Valdez Harbor about catching massive fish and winning prizes in the Valdez Derbies, but for some anglers being in Valdez and the thrill of the fight is what really matters. Leroy Kreider of Orofino, Idaho could not have had a bigger smile on Read More

OLSON CATCHES 151.6-POUND HALIBUT ON A SALMON ROD IN PORT FIDALGO

June 9, 2024 By Laurie Prax

VALDEZ, Alaska – Michael Olson of North Pole came down to Valdez to work on his boat trailer Saturday, left the port about 2pm and had a 151.6-pound halibut on his boat at about 3:45pm. Olson said he was fishing for rockfish in Port Fidalgo with a salmon rod with 65 pound test line and Read More

12-YEAR-OLD CATCHES FIRST HALIBUT & TAKES THE LEAD IN DERBY

June 2, 2024 By Laurie Prax

VALDEZ, Alaska – Summer Ruge of Fairbanks turned 12 this year and her dad decided it was time to take her on her first halibut charter in Valdez. “I was telling her to reel up and check her bait because she had missed a couple hits, “said her father, Robert Ruge. “She started cranking and Read More

VALDEZ HALIBUT DERBY UNDERWAY

May 27, 2024 By Laurie Prax

FAIRBANKS ANGLERS DOMINATE THE DERBY LEADER BOARD VALDEZ, Alaska – The Valdez Halibut Derby kicked off Saturday, May 25th with anglers excited to get their lines in the water. RVs rolled into town, Valdez shops were busy selling Fish Derby tickets and visitors enjoyed sunny weather both Saturday and Sunday. The Valdez Halibut Derby started Read More

VALDEZ HALIBUT DERBY KICKS OFF THIS SATURDAY IN VALDEZ

May 20, 2024 By Laurie Prax

Publication Date: May 20, 2024 Pictures of 2023 1st place winners Paul Casey & LaVonne Baysinger VALDEZ, Alaska – Last year Paul Casey of Shelbyville, Tennessee won $10,000 in the Valdez Halibut Derby when he hooked a 316.8-pound halibut aboard the Dawn Treader. In 2022, it was a 170-pound halibut caught by Jeremy Smith of Read More

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