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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

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, 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

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

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

 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

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, 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

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

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