77-year-old Alaska angler Jack McGuire was fishing with with Captain Rye Phillips this past week, when he hooked into a 482-pound halibut. That fish surpassed the current IGFA record set in 1996 of 459 pounds by 23 pounds. But, McGuire’s fish won’t be certified by IGFA as a record, because thirty minutes into the fight, […]
It’s halibut time in Alaska, and pound for pound this is some incredible fishing. We’re getting reports from Saltwater Nation anglers in Seward, Whittier, and Homer that halibut catches are increasing and that there’s no better time to get out and get those freezers stocked. There’s a 199-pound halibut occupying the leader board of this […]
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The Alaska Charter Halibut Management Implementation Committee has asked the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council to impose new restrictions on the catch limits for halibut in Cook Inlet for next summer. The Charter Committee has proposed a new two-fish limit in an effort to head off a new International Pacific Halibut Commission directive that would limit […]
Congratulations to Gene Jones of Bellevie, IA who won the 2013 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby with a 236.2-pound halibut. Jones landed the fish on July 25, 2013 fishing with Captain David Bayes aboard the Grand Aleutian with Central Charters. Jones’ fish earned the grand prize of $21, 281.50. This year’s tournament also saw a record […]
German angler Marco Liebenow has landed a 513-pound Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) that is certain to shatter the current International Game Fish Association (IGFA) world record by more than 94 pounds. Caught out of Kjollefjord, Norway, the fish was more than nine-feet long and was too big to be hauled on to the boat. Instead, Liebenow […]