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VALDEZ, Alaska – The Valdez Halibut Derby kicked off May 20th and some nice fish were weighed in the first few days of the derby. This past Sunday, members of the Alaska military visited Valdez and the number of boats going out for halibut dramatically increased. The boats taking out anglers Sunday did not profit Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – The top three fish in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby were caught from shore. Jacob Marquardt of Valdez reeled in his 1st place 17.52 pound silver on September 1st in the Boat Harbor. John Neitzeke of Grand Rapids, Minnesota reeled in his 2nd place 17.26 pound silver September 1st at Allison Point. Read More

SILVER SALMON FISHING EXPECTED TO BE GOOD LAST WEEK OF SEASON   VALDEZ, Alaska – Silver salmon fishing is picking up but no one has been able to top the 16.96 pound silver salmon Tommy Jobe of Washington, Oklahoma caught August 17th. Jobe was trolling four miles out of the Valdez harbor by the Gold Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – With less than two weeks left in the Valdez Halibut and Silver Salmon Derbies, only time will tell if the leaders will hold on to win the $15,000 first place prize. David Jamison reeled in his 253.0 pound halibut on May 29th and it has been on top of the leader board Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – Nana Matsui, an exchange student attending Prince William Sound College in Valdez, was surprised and excited to be crowned Queen of the Silver Salmon Sisterhood Saturday night. Matsui reeled in a 15.9 pound silver salmon to win $1,000 in cash and $1,000 in prizes from Prospector Outfitters and Valdez Fish Derbies. Matsui Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – Anthony Cunningham of Valdez, Alaska caught his 14.28 pound derby winning silver salmon from shore Saturday. Cunningham took home a 1st place daily prize and is currently in 1st place overall in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby. Stephanie Wenner of Valdez, Alaska is currently in 2nd place overall for the derby and Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – Crista Andersen of Valdez caught a nice fish Friday to put her at the top of the leader board in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby. Andersen weighed in her 10.84 pound catch aboard the Crista June. In addition to winning the 1st place daily prize and leading the derby, Andersen won Big Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – The Valdez Silver Salmon derby began Saturday and the largest fish weighed in so far is 9.76 pound silver caught by Mike Seminario of Fairbanks aboard the Alaskai. There are daily 1st and 2nd place prizes in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby as well as a $15,000 first place prize. Seminario took Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – Christian Wingert wasn’t planning on going fishing Saturday, but when a stranger offered to let him use his pole at Allison Point he and his brother happily took the rod and reeled in eight pink salmon in a matter of hours. While Christian Wingert only reeled in two of those pink salmon, Read More

VALDEZ, Alaska – David Jamison of Fairbanks is still leading the Valdez Halibut Derby with the 253 pound fish he caught May 29th aboard the Nanatuk. Kim Steiger of Westchester, Pennsylvania is currently holding onto 2nd place in the overall standings with a 211.0 pound halibut she caught July 5th aboard the Halibut Grove and Read More