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Stephen Caverly with his 312.9-pound halibut.

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Stephen Caverly with his 312.9-pound halibut.

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313-pound halibut puts Eagle River fisherman atop Valdez derby

By MIKE CAMPBELL
mcampbell@adn.com

Published: August 11th, 2009 10:13 PM
Last Modified: August 11th, 2009 11:01 PM

Eagle River angler Stephen Caverly muscled a huge 313-pound halibut aboard the charter boat Dan Orion out of Valdez on Monday to take charge of that town's summer halibut derby.

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Caverly's 89-inch fish appears to be the second largest halibut landed in Alaska this summer. Homer angler Thomas Youngblood leads his hometown derby with a 354.6-pound fish caught in June.

"Like bringing up a barn door," Caverly told derby officials after the 35-minute fight in the Gulf of Alaska.

Caverly was fishing with Dave Wiley aboard his boat, the Dan Orion of Orion Charters. Last year, Wiley client Jan VanderVaart fishing aboard the same boat won the derby with a 251.5-pounder. In 2006, a Wiley client finished second in the derby with a 263-pounder.

Caverly's fish pushed Fairbanks angler Marvin Ray Williams into second place. Williams caught a 275.6-pounder on June 7.

Winner of the derby, which ends Sept. 6, earns $15,000; second place is worth $5,000.