An angler who pulls in with a rod and reel an almost 72-pound halibut might make a splashy social media post, but the big fish Lisa Stengel caught Monday gained distinction for how she took it, not ...

MEDFORD, Ore. -- Oregon's old, second-tier ocean fisheries carried the load again this year, forcing anglers to look far and deep to make up for the worst ocean salmon-fishing season on record here.

Arm-deep in the mouth of a monster halibut diving toward the deeps of Valdez Arm, angler Chris Knowles thought for a moment that it might be over. He had a vision of the halibut dumping the 12-foot ...