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Valdez boy wins $10,000 in the 2018 Silver Salmon Derby
There is a new rich kid in town. Eight-year-old Aksel Hutchinson won $10,000 Sunday in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby, besting much older, experienced competition. Just one day after catching a 17.28...
Eight-year old holds on to first place in the final days of Silver Salmon Derby
A Valdez youngster is holding on to first place in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby, while a California woman – and her 285.8-pound catch - is the one to beat in the remaining days of the halibut...
Youngster from Valdez is the one to beat to win first prize in the silver derby
An eight-year old is still in the lead - and a contender - to win $10,000. With less than two weeks left in the Valdez Halibut and Silver Salmon Derbies, only time will tell if Aksel Hutchinson, age...
Get ready to wet a line ladies, it's time for the Women's Silver Salmon Derby
Anglers will hit the waters of Port Valdez and Prince William Sound Saturday during the Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby. Saturday evening the winners will be announced, starting with 50th place and...
California woman takes the lead in the Halibut Derby with 285 pounder
Patricia Johnson of Clovis, California got lucky on July 26, when she hooked into a 285.8 pound halibut aboard the Harvester putting her into the lead of the 2018 Valdez Halibut Derby. Doug Cranor's month-long lead has finally been broken. In an...
Halibut derby begins and the prizes are already flowing into hands of anglers
The Valdez Halibut Derby has kicked off and anglers are already enjoying the rewards. Joanne Winney, Valdez Fish Derbies Weigh-In Clerk, said there were 11 fish weighed in the first week of the derby...
Big bucks handed out Sunday as the Valdez Fish Derbies season ends
It came as no surprise Sunday when a certain Valdez woman became richer by $15,000. Earlier this season, Frieda Wiley caught a 374 pound - setting a new Valdez Halibut Derby record and setting the...
Anglers are hitting the shores as the derbies end this Sunday at noon
With only a few days left to try to catch the biggest silver salmon of the season, anglers are lining the shores. Last year, the top three fish in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby were caught from...
Silver salmon derby wide open during the last two weeks of season
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. Frieda Wiley caught a 374.0 pound...
Rain and more rain did not dampen the action for women's derby
When Chinda Heston of Valdez hooked into a 14.88 pound silver salmon she told everyone on the boat they were heading right back to Port to weigh-in for the Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby. Close to 600 women registered for the 2017 event, and they...
Record set in Valdez Halibut Derby Sunday with 374 flat fish
Frieda Wiley wasn't even supposed to go fishing Sunday. When her husband had a cancellation on his charter boat, she got the opportunity to go. Now the 374 pound halibut she reeled in stands a good chance of winning $15,000 in the Halibut Derby -...
Derby actions gets hot as August action brings Cohos to Valdez
The Silver Salmon Derby is in high gear - and people from Valdez are leading the charge. In addition to winning the first place daily prize and being the new third-overall leader, Crista Andersen of Valdez won Big Prize Friday -and took home $500...
Record set in kids pink salmon derby as race for silver salmon begins
The Valdez Silver Salmon derby began Saturday and the largest fish weighed as of Monday morning was a 12.42 pound silver salmon caught by Weston Branshaw of Valdez aboard the "High Mark." Amid the...
The fishing is top notch as halibut, coho and lingcod take the bait
Tim Stadtmiller of Fairbanks is still leading the Valdez Halibut Derby with the 266.6 pound fish he caught June 19 aboard the "Dan Orion." Daniel Schmitz of Wasilla is currently holding onto second pl...
Derby season brings bounty of seafood to the dinner table this year
Huge hauls of halibut, lingcod, rockfish and even silver salmon are being laid out on the docks at the Valdez harbor. Fair weather this past week allowed anglers to get to the fishing grounds past Hinchinbrook Island and the fish seemed to be...
Halibut sport fishing is hot as anglers look to hook the big one
Lupe Gonzales of Clint, Texas reeled in a 158 pound halibut on June 20 to get on the leader board in the Valdez Halibut Derby. Gonzales lives in Texas but fished Alaska when he was stationed in...
Ninety pounders lead the way in first week of Valdez Halibut Derby
The Valdez Halibut Derby kicked off May 20 and some nice fish were weighed in the first few days of the derby officials say. This past Sunday, members of the Alaska military visited Valdez and the number of boats going out for halibut dramatically...
$15,000 each goes to winners of the silver and halibut derbies
The top three fish in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby were caught from shore. Jacob Marquardt of Valdez reeled in his first-place 17.52 pound silver on Thursday from the boat harbor. John Neitzeke of G...
Derbies end at noon this Sunday for both silvers and halibut
Silver salmon fishing is picking up but no one has been able to top - so far - the 16.96 pound silver salmon Tommy Jobe of Washington, Oklahoma caught August 17. Jobe was trolling four miles out of...
Silvers weighed-in are getting bigger as countdown begins
Anglers are scrambling to catch the big one - and the $15,000 cash prize - before the fish derby season ends. With less than two weeks left in the Valdez Halibut and Silver Salmon Derbies, the...
Exchange student from Japan wins women's silver derby
Nana Matsui, a Japanese exchange student attending Prince William Sound College, was surprised and excited to be crowned Queen of the Silver Salmon Sisterhood Saturday night. Matsui, age 20, reeled...
Silvers in port just in time for Women's Derby Saturday
Anthony Cunningham of Valdez caught a 14.28 pound derby-winning silver salmon from shore Saturday, taking home a first-place daily prize and as of Tuesday morning was in first-place overall in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby. Stephanie Wenner of...
Fairbanks boy sets record in Kids Pink Salmon Derby
The Valdez Silver Salmon derby began Saturday and the largest fish weighed in as of Monday was a 9.76 pound silver caught by Mike Seminario of Fairbanks. Seminario made the catch from aboard the...
Silver salmon derby begins this weekend amid strong halibut fishing
Get out your pixies - the Silver Salmon Derby opens this Saturday. For the younger set, the Valdez Kids Pink Salmon Derby is this Saturday - a one-day only event the gives youngsters a chance to wet...
New second-place derby halibut weighs in at 211 pounds
Another 200 pound plus halibut made its way to Port Valdez. Kim Steiger of Westchester, Pennsylvania pulled in a 211 pound halibut July 5 from aboard the "Halibut Grove." "It wasn't that hard to pull in," Steiger said. "I think it was tired. When we...
