Our first official day of halibut fishing starts with a photo op on the east side of Cook Inlet. In the background is Mount Redoubt, an active volcano and is the highest peak in the Aleutian Range on the Alaskan Peninsula in Alaska. The last eruption was in 1986, when a KLM 747 was caught in its ash plume.
Boats are launched in Ninilchik by tractor. Here's a picture I found on the web of a launch in less than perfect conditions.
What kind of tackle do you use for large Pacific Halibut? Try a 3-5 pound lead sinker, some shoestring, and a mongo 12/0 circle hook, as our deck hand Josh shows us.
What kind of tackle do you use for large Pacific Halibut? Try a 3-5 pound lead sinker, some shoestring, and a mongo 12/0 circle hook, as our deck hand Josh shows us.
I didn't get a lot of action shots during this trip, I was pretty busy. Here's a scene we saw 30 times during the day, Captain Tom pulling in halibut after halibut. See you in Mosquito Lagoon, Tom.
Steve and I were on a boat with a large family party, who actually took up 2 boats. As you can see, halibut fishing is ALOT of work.
Beats working for a living...
Here's the sister boat, pulled out of the water the same time as us. Very professional crew at Afishunt.com, great people, and great boats.
Here's the sister boat, pulled out of the water the same time as us. Very professional crew at Afishunt.com, great people, and great boats.
Oh, did I mention our boat pulled in a 110 pound halibut. The man on the right caught the fish, the boy on the left is his son.
Nice haul.
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