SNOHOMISH — Before it reached your plate, before its aroma lingered in the house as you basted it with butter and herbs, and before you spotted the raw filet at the farmers market, the halibut took ...

As the sun rose above Neah Bay one foggy morning three years ago, a boatful of anglers headed out to the Pacific Ocean to fish for halibut — something their Makah ancestors have done for thousands of ...

The way Jay Hicks sees it, fishing by kayak is the only way to go when it’s time to go fishing. “Your fuel is breakfast and coffee. You don’t have to have a (boating) license, you don’t have to slip ...

Finally, the weather conditions are settling in to what we consider a more “normal” summertime pattern. We’re getting a slight breeze around sunrise that dies down for a few hours of calm and glassy ...

Halibut are one of the largest fish in the Gulf of Maine, second only to bluefin tuna, swordfish and large sharks. Historically they were a mainstay of the fishing industry along with cod. According ...

Anglers cannot fish for, retain, possess or land halibut into a port located within an area closed to halibut fishing, except anglers can land halibut that they lawfully retained in Marine Area 5 ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, or NPFMC, has hardly been an Alaska household name, but we think it should become one. The 11-member council makes fisheries policy for the North Pacific ...