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LEADERS HANG ON IN THE CLOSING DAYS TO TAKE HOME BIG MONEY

September 3, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – The winners are in! The 1st place prize and $10,000 in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby goes to LaVonne Baysinger of Fairbanks, Alaska with a 14.54-pound silver she caught August 4th. The 2nd place prize, and $3,000, goes to Cord Basnaw of Ione, Washington, with a 12.54-pound silver salmon he caught August Read More

LAST WEEK OF VALDEZ SILVER SALMON & HALIBUT DERBIES

August 27, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – When LaVonne Baysinger of Fairbanks reeled in a 14.54-pound silver salmon and won a daily prize back on August 4th, she was thinking that a bigger fish might come in during the Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby and knock her off the leaderboard. Baysinger was unable to fish that day as she Read More

VALDEZ FISH DERBIES TAGGED SALMON CAUGHT

August 20, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Kevin Kaiser of Albuquerque, New Mexico reeled in a 6.60-pound silver salmon in Valdez last Wednesday. His fish was not big enough to get on the leader board in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby but his fish did have a small green tag on it that read “Valdez Fish Derbies”. Kaiser brought Read More

FAIRBANKS WOMAN WINS VALDEZ WOMEN’S SILVER SALMON DERBY

August 13, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Natalie Chamberlain of Fairbanks was crowned Queen of the Silver Salmon Sisterhood Saturday Night in Valdez. Chamberlain caught a 10.86-pound silver salmon in the Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby and said she and her husband were trolling about 55 to 70 feet out by Potato Point. “I used a hoochie with a Read More

WOMEN’S SILVER SALMON DERBY IS THIS SATURDAY IN VALDEZ

August 7, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – The Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby is this Saturday, and one lucky woman will be crowned “Queen of the Silver Salmon Sisterhood.” Valdez Fish Derbies will give away $1,000 cash and $1,000 in prizes from Prospector Outfitters to the woman catching the largest fish Saturday. The 2nd place winner will get $500 Read More

PINKS, SILVERS, HALIBUT, LINGCOD & ROCKFISH – ALL BEING CAUGHT NOW

July 30, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

 VALDEZ, Alaska – Lacey Stevens of Austin, Texas only went on a silver salmon derby charter because a family member wanted her to experience things that she liked doing in Valdez. The trip marked the first time Stevens had ever gone fishing. Stevens said prior to the trip she didn’t think she would like fishing Read More

FAMILY AND FRIENDS SHARE THE JOY OF SPORTFISHING SATURDAY DURING KIDS PINK SALMON DERBY

July 23, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ – Summer in Alaska is when friends and family come to visit. When you hit a bluebird day and the fishing is good, it is also when you make special memories. The Terbeek family from Fairbanks brought relatives from Michigan down to Valdez for the Valdez Kids Pink Salmon Derby and they were not Read More

VALDEZ SILVER SALMON DERBY STARTED SATURDAY

July 23, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Jephery Donaldson of Fairbanks reeled in a nice salmon Saturday to kick off the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby. Donaldson’s 9.06-pound silver salmon put him at the top of the leaderboard the first day of the Derby and netted him the 1st place daily prize July 22nd. Callie Donaldson was the 2nd place Read More

KIDS PINK SALMON DERBY AND SILVER SALMON DERBY START SATURDAY

July 16, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Anglers are catching pink salmon in Valdez. With the Valdez Fisheries Development Association (VFDA) forecasting a return of 20 to 30 million 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 great place for young Read More

ANCHORAGE ANGLER CREDITS BEGINNERS LUCK FOR WEEKLY WIN

July 9, 2023 By Valdez Fish Derbies

VALDEZ, Alaska – Chad Yanen of Anchorage stood by his 119-pound catch at the Valdez Harbor Saturday night and waited as the final minutes of the Halibut Derby week ticked away. Yanen got back to Port and weighed his fish just 30 minutes prior to the close of the Valdez Halibut Derby week and anxiously Read More

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