The winners are in! The 1st place prize and $10,000 in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby goes to LaVonne Baysinger of Fairbanks, Alaska with a 14.54-pound silver she caught August 4th.
When LaVonne Baysinger of Fairbanks reeled in a 14.54-pound silver salmon and won a daily prize back on August 4th, she was thinking that a bigger fish might come in during the Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby and knock her off the leaderboard.
Lacey Stevens of Austin, Texas only went on a silver salmon derby charter because a family member wanted her to experience things that she liked doing in Valdez.
Summer in Alaska is when friends and family come to visit. When you hit a bluebird day and the fishing is good, it is also when you make special memories.
Anglers are catching pink salmon in Valdez. With the Valdez Fisheries Development Association (VFDA) forecasting a return of 20 to 30 million pink salmon to Port Valdez this season, there should be a lot of action for the Kids Pink Salmon Derby this Saturday.
VALDEZ, Alaska – Chad Yanen of Anchorage stood by his 119-pound catch at the Valdez Harbor Saturday night and waited as the final minutes of the Halibut Derby week ticked away.