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Anglers try their luck catching rainbow trout at the recently stocked Cheney Lake in East Anchorage on Monday, 21, 2012. According the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game website, Cheney Lake has been stocked twice this month, with over 600 large rainbow trout.

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First fish

The first Copper River salmon were flown to Anchorage and Seattle Friday, May 18, 2012.

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Fishing Fun

Life skills students test the trout pond waters at the Great Alaska Sportsman Show Friday March 30, 2012 at Ben Boeke Ice Arena.

Yakura, Gutierrez win Valdez fish derbies

Anchorage Daily News

Published: September 6th, 2011 10:49 PM
Last Modified: September 6th, 2011 10:49 PM

Jack Yakura of Middleburg, Pa., caught the biggest fish in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby, and Annette Gutierrez of Albuquerque, N.M., landed the biggest flatfish in the Valdez Halibut Derby, and those fish didn't represent their biggest hauls. Both won a $15,000 first-place cash prize in the respective derbies, which ended Sunday.

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Yakura's winning silver salmon weighed 18.68 pounds. Gutierrez's winning halibut tipped the scales at 335.7 pounds.

Valdez Halibut Derby, top 3 finishers

1) Annette Gutierrez, Albuquerque, N.M., 335.7 pounds, $15,000; 2) Thomas Broach, North Pole, 236.9, $5,000; 3) James Pohlman, Fairbanks, 214.8 pounds, $2,000.

Valdez Silver Salmon Derby

1) Jack Yakura, Middleburg, Pa., 18.68 pounds, $15,000; 2) Lenore Groundwater, Green Valley, Ariz., 16.58 pounds, $5,000; 3) Jeanette Wakefield, Anchorage, 16.42 pounds, $2,000.