The appeal is partly culinary. Alaska whitefish has a mild flavor and firm texture that works across a wide range of easy and ...

• Season the halibut fillets with salt & pepper, and gently set in hot pan • Using a metal spatula, flip halibut after two minutes, having created a nice sear. Put pan in pre-heated oven for 12-15 ...

Call it beginner’s luck. Add in the fact that he was a gracious winner, and you have Mike Smiley’s recent Alaskan halibut fishing adventure. Smiley, 40, of Baldwinsville, recently won $10,000 for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If there’s a date that never fails to put a smile on my face, it’s March 15, which is not an obscure holiday but the beginning of Alaskan halibut season.

They Hooked Into a MONSTER! Most people dream of catching a halibut this size. Mike, his mom, and friends traveled to Alaska ...

With the end of Alaska's biggest fish derby earlier this week, salmon and halibut anglers are hanging up their poles -- waiting for the return of spring -- and with it, another flood of fish into ...

A struggle in Alaska over shrinking supplies of halibut is threatening the iconic centerpiece fish in favor of cheaper exports, fast-food fillets and fish sticks. If expected cuts are made in January, ...

More often than it should, my mind slips away to Alaska. To follow, you’d need to fly to Anchorage, rent a car, then drive to Homer, as I did in the summer of 1994. Homer is nice — a quirky hamlet on ...