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LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut derby this weekendPeninsula DailyThe popular derby will award $20,000 worth of cash prizes to the top 30 halibut caught by ticket holders within the U.S. waters from Low Point to the base of Dungeness Spit. The angler who catches the biggest fish will receive $5,000, second place gets ...and more »

Halibut derby opens with 97-pound leaderValdez StarSo, the miles and piles of snow lingering in town might not realize the calendar says it's spring, but anglers in the Valdez Halibut Derby do. Justin Hoppe of Valdez is one such man; he hit Prince William Sound on board the charter boat Dan Orion and ...

LEE HORTON'S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sekiu open to halibutPeninsula DailyEspecially during this month, due to what Brian Menkal of Brian's Sporting Goods and More (360-683-1950) in Sequim calls the “short and fierce” halibut season. “There are such little windows, and so wise anglers take advantage of them,” Menkal said.Holiday weekend perfect for fishing […]

97-pound halibut leads Valdez derbyAnchorage Daily NewsValdez angler Justin Hoppe took the early lead in his hometown's annual halibut derby, hooking a 97-pound fish Saturday in Prince William Sound. Hoppe caught his fish aboard Dan Orion charters. So did Shawn Shipman of Whitehorse, who ranks second in ...

Valdez Halibut Derby already reeling in big fishFairbanks Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS — The summer-long Valdez Halibut Derby started Saturday, and there's already a respectable-sized fish on the leader board. Justin Hoppe, of Valdez, reeled in a 97-pound halibut on Sunday to take the early lead in the summer-long derby.Fishing, like the weather, is defini […]

Port Angeles area halibut fishery reopened with good results but faded by ...The Seattle Times (blog)“We had a couple decent days of halibut fishing, and then it dropped off as the weather kind of got crummy and foggy,” said Larry Bennett, the head state Fish and Wildlife checker in the Strait. On Thursday (May 16), 111 boats with 246 anglers at the ...

Daily MailPilots in Fatal Alaska Crash on Different SignalsABC NewsThe pilots involved in a deadly 2011 midair collision in Alaska apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the crash, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, a finding that local aviators say ...Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different radi […]

Washington TimesSarah Palin Alaska Senate Whispers Met With Doubt By Lisa MurkowskiHuffington PostWhile Palin comments frequently on the political topics of the day, her interest in returning to a career in elected politics -- especially in Alaska -- has long been questioned. Since losing the 2008 election and months later resigning her ...TV tonight: Sarah […]

Keisel Teams Up With Children's Hospital For VIP Fishing TripCBS LocalAlthough the fishing wasn't the most successful, Keisel says he had a great time. This year, in addition to four lucky contest winners, four patients from Children's Hospital will enjoy the day. Don's Appliances and Hillmon Appliance have joined on as ...

Alaska DispatchCompass: Alaska's oil comeback is under wayAnchorage Daily NewsConocoPhillips' vice president for exploration and production said this about Alaska: "I would like to see us adjust the capital program so that we can completely arrest the decline in production in Alaska or even turn it around." Rather than simply ...Industry- […]

Why fishing this summer will be a great catch for the Muskegon areaMuskegon Chronicle - MLive.com... cash through the fishing season by taking parties out where the fish are. Buck, of Great Lakes Guide Service, had a great run last weekend with anglers aboard his boat pulling in 17 salmon, several of them king salmon weighing more than 15 pounds each.

NewsdayFishing red hot going into holiday weekendMyCentralJersey.com“I've never seen it as good this early with so many big fish,” said Ronny Bala from Fisherman's Supply in Point Pleasant Beach about the Manasquan River fishing. Bala said John Szabo scooped up a 7-pound fluke, the biggest fish he heard of caught in ...A look at the best of this we […]

FISH FACTOR: Shipping 'iceless' salmon; Bristol Bay dollars go nationalAlaskajournal.comNational Maritime Day May 22 marked another maritime benchmark. That's a holiday created by Congress in 1933 to honor America's sea-going industry. It marks the day when the steamship Savannah set sail from Georgia on the first ever transoceanic ...Rea […]

Alaska DispatchAlaska subsistence salmon case draws to a weird close in Bethel courtroomAlaska DispatchWhen Alaska State Troopers caught him, he wasn't just using illegal king salmon gear; he had two, 50-fathom gillnets shackled together to create a mammoth net almost 600-feet-long, or about the length of two football fields. He hadn't quite stretc […]

Alaska DispatchJudge: Salmon run's survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermenAlaska DispatchThe case has divided villagers, who rely on salmon runs to feed their families, and state officials, who have a duty to manage fish runs for sustainability. Fisherman Yago Evan bailed completely. He told the defense attorney trying to make a reli […]

Penning some revisionist history about Kenai king salmonAlaska DispatchLet us all hope that the scholarship of Emilie Springer, in her doctoral studies of the culture and policy of state fisheries, is better than her research into the history of Kenai River salmon, because the woman posing behind the imprimatur of the ...

KREM.com (registration)Alaska Salmon Arrives in SeattleKTVA CBS 11 News AlaskaAlaska Air Cargo delivered kings and sockeye that were caught in the Copper River near Cordova. Last year the airline flew more than 19 million pounds of seafood to the Lower 48 and about a million pounds of Copper River salmon. Seattle seafood ...Alaskan salmon imported for annual […]

The Alaska Salmon BindField and Stream (blog)Three years ago, outdoor writer, photographer, and consummate sportsman Peter Mathiesen left his hometown of St. Louis to start a new life in Alaska. Here's why he made the move, what everyday life is like, and how it feels to have Denali right outside ...

The GuardianGoogle and Facebook in bidding war over Waze travel app companyThe GuardianThe travel app company Waze is believed to be the subject of a billion-dollar bidding war between Google and Facebook, in a move apparently aimed at tying its social functions more closely into the rival firms' networks. A fortnight ago reports suggested that ...Repor […]

IBNLiveITC clears Microsoft of Google's Xbox patent violation claimsZDNetSummary: The U.S. International Trade commission said Microsoft is free to continue to import Xboxes, after clearing the company of Google's patent violation claims. Mary Jo Foley. By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | May 23, 2013 -- 22:56 GMT (15:56 ...Microsoft Prevail […]

ComputingFacebook Kills HTC 'First' European DebutInformationWeekFacebook asks European partners to stall planned launch of HTC First smartphone as it scurries to revamp Facebook Home. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | May 24, 2013 10:24 AM. Facebook Home Invasion. (click image for ...HTC First UK launch may be del […]

Headlines & Global NewsApple 1 Computer in Auction; Bid Starts at $116000Headlines & Global NewsApple 1 was worth $666.66 when it was first released in 1976 designed by Steve Wozniak. Who would have thought that it can worth hundreds of dollars in years to come? However, an auction in Germany was able to sell it for $640,000 in November 2012.Used Com […]

Irish IndependentMicrosoft Xbox One 'a let down,' says Steven Butts of IGNFox NewsOne thing's for sure: It's one big gamble for Microsoft. After eight years on the market, Microsoft's Xbox 360 is being replaced. The company unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console on Tuesday, May 21, and touted it as an all-in-one solution for pla […]

NewsdayGoogle could face fresh antitrust inspection over its display ad dominanceVentureBeatThe next probe into the company could from the Federal Trade Commission which is trying to figure out whether Google is leveraging its ad market dominance to push customers to its other services, as Bloomberg reports. The criticism is a common one ...Google Said to Fa […]

ZDNetSamsung Galaxy S4 edges out iPhone 5 in camera testCNETThe new leader of the Android pack nosed ahead of Apple's flagship smartphone in DxO Labs' photo and video tests. Stephen Shankland. by Stephen Shankland. May 24, 2013 2:41 AM PDT Follow @stshank. The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a 13-megapixel ...Samsung Galaxy S 4 (Sprint)PC MagazineApple Adds […]

Headlines & Global NewsHubble's Best Ever View of a Giant Cosmic... Doughnut?Discovery NewsNew Hubble image of the Ring Nebula (Messier 57). Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O'Dell (Vanderbilt University). One of the more well-known objects within our galaxy, the Ring Nebula has been observed by astronomers since the late 1700s. It is a ...Doug […]

Science World ReportCanadian High Arctic Bacterium Offers Clues to Life on MarsScience World ReportA Canadian-led team of researchers have discovered bacteria that can grow in Canadian High Arctic much below the freezing point. (Photo : McGill University). A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a bacterium that grows in the Canadian high ...Cold-L […]

Telegraph.co.ukJudge delivers blow to Apple in e-books conspiracy caseTelegraph.co.ukThe iPad maker was accused of colluding with five publishing companies to artificially inflate the price of ebooks in 2010, as it battled to loosen the stranglehold that Amazon's Kindle had on the market. Apple has been investigated by the US Department of ...Judge: Evi […]