Late last month, an ice-fisher in Canada caught a huge halibut in Québéc’s Saguenay Fjord, having fought to reel the fish in for over two hours.

The Largest Halibut Ever Caught Angler Marco Liebenow never expected his fishing trip to turn into a record breaking battle. Angler Marco Liebenow never expected his fishing trip to turn into a ...

Check out this barn door Halibut we caught in Alaska! What a great day out on the water. We were out here bottom bouncing for halibut in Peterborough Alaska, using the Teaser-T, Cattail sinkers, and ...

Capt. Jim Walsh on his 100-foot charter boat, American Classic, left the Hampton, New Hampshire, marina at 9 p.m. Sunday. By 4 a.m. he and his crew of 30 anglers were 100 miles offshore in the ...

The International Fish and Game Association (IFGA) is in the process of determining if a 13-year-old from Hampton, New Hampshire caught a record-setting halibut. Jackson Denio reeled in the 177-pound ...

"It was very exciting. Everybody was screaming and yelling, it was great," he said about the potential record-setting catch. "He could miss the playoffs for the rest of his career, I wouldn't give a ...

Explore Gus's Tackle in San Francisco for Tray Herring, highly recommended by Stephanie. In this video, we’ll be smoking Halibut—this isn’t a Catch and Cook, but rather a Catch and Smoke! The featured ...

Kyle Perry of North Pole reeled in a 76-pound halibut aboard the Sentinel last Thursday. Moments later, Thomas Rakowski II of Valdez hooked into a 115.6-pound halibut the minute his bait on his ...

Alain Hamel caught the largest Atlantic halibut ever recorded in the Saguenay Fjord on Saturday. Working with the local Fjord Museum, the ice fishing was part of a scientific project aiming to gain ...

Jackson Denio almost needed a bigger boat when he hauled in a huge 174-pound Atlantic halibut off the New England coast that he hopes will shatter a world record. The 13-year-old Hampton boy’s ...

Greg Derrickson of Crawfordsville, right, and his uncle Don Derrickson of Albany show halibut they caught May 10. Also in their party were Greg’s aunt, Pam Derrickson and friend Mary Olson. ‘We were ...

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. Second of three parts.