Newport News-Times: Pacific halibut season could be best in years:
Ocean sport anglers are gearing up for one of the best Pacific halibut opportunities off the Oregon coast in the last decade, say officials with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Halibut season will open May 1 in near-shore waters (waters less than 40 fathoms). The all-depth halibut fishery for Oregon's central coast, between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain, opens May 11.

'This year's sport halibut quota is more than 276,400 pounds for Oregon,' said Don Bodenmiller, sport halibut project leader for ODFW. 'That's up about 4 percent from last year and is more than twice as much halibut as 10 years ago.