Pacific Halibut caught in Cook Inlet in June 2010. (Creative Commons photo by Jlikes2Fish) Four fishing guides at a Petersburg lodge are being charged by the State of Alaska with over 50 violations.

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

Rocky Point Resort is located on the Wrangell Narrows, 11 miles south of Petersburg. It is locally owned and operated by the Payne family. (Photo by Angela Denning/CoastAlaska) A father and son who ...

A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted five commercial fishermen accused of orchestrating a long-running illegal halibut harvest scheme in Southeast Alaska. The case centers around the fishing ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. Read the series here.

Chris Paparo knew the fish on the end of his line was big. But looking down through the crystal-clear depths, he spied a flash of brown that revealed the unmistakable silhouette of the fish of a ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. First of three parts. ABOARD ...