I reeled in one 66 lb. and baited back up let it down and sat down = about 2 min. passed and the tip went down and guide said there he is on your line=I said that ain't my line I quit ==I'm not going to die in Alaska lol
the young man that reeled in the big one was a pretty stout guy about 30 yrs. old when he got it to the boat the guide shot it and got the gaff in it and the reel man dropt the reel and staggered to the cabin of the boat and fell in it he was beat took him long time to come back around. took him 45 min. or more to land it. we were fishing 300ft. deep with 7lb. of lead to sink bait all reels were manual and just to reel in to check bait was big job against a swift current.
I don't care for halibut so I wont be going after them anymore but the salmon were a whole different story = ton of fun and fit to eat ill see if I can get Ray to put pic of them on. all of um were about 10-12 lb.our first run at um
Fish tremble at the sound of my name