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158 POUND HALIBUT CURRENTLY 3rd IN HALIBUT DERBY

VALDEZ, Alaska – Lupe Gonzales of Clint, Texas reeled in a 158 pound halibut on June 20th to get on the leader board in the Valdez Halibut Derby. Gonzales lives in Texas but fished Alaska when he was stationed in Alaska. This is the largest fish Gonzales has ever caught but he said he was afraid he was going to lose it. “It went around the anchor and my pole was bending and making a u turn”, Gonzales said. “It took 25 minutes to reel it in and this fish was taller than I was …and I’m six feet

 

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