Kyle and Liam got home early this morning and brought us tons of halibut! They were all chunked up in bags but needed to be rinsed and wrapped for the freezer. After they were all processed we ended up with 38 pounds of fish! Yum!
We used 1 1/2" self setting hooks, two to a rig, baited with salted herring halves, salmon heads, or misc fish parts. Run them to the bottom using a big sinker weight (20 to 30oz depending on current/drift speed) and wait. We didn't get into any big ones the largest that was caught on the boat was about 30lbs when whole. We shared around the boat so we all got equal.
Excellent haul! I like that everyone on the boat shared. Sounds like a very good sort of fishing expedition. And halibut is a very good sort of fish to have lots of!
"the largest that was caught ... about 30lbs" - I think that is impressive - what a successful trip!! Perhaps I missed it - was this river or the river mouth/ocean?
Kyle's little sister here: Halibut fishing is done in the gulf, so it's ocean fishing. The halibut rest on little mounds deep on the ocean floor, and that's where you have to tempt them with your bait. Then you laboriously haul them up to the surface. Lastly Leigh and/or my mom will make delicious fried halibut with beaver sauce and the whole family is happy! (Except for those of us who miss out, i.e. you and I) P.S. Halibut can get up to several hundred lbs (there's a derby every year), but the best tasting are the younger ones, besides the old big ones are the reproducers.
Beaver sauce is the name Liam gave to our concoction of catsup and horseradish which we dip the fried halibut into. The horseradish bottle has a picture of a beaver on it. We're still trying to decide what beavers have to do with a spicy root.
Jess thought of the horseradish straight away when I mentioned "Beaver" sauce cause she has some of it - but I was leaning towards mayonnaise/tartar sauce as a guess - intstead it's more like a piquant "cocktail" sauce - I get it. Sounds good!
Wow - 38 pounds!! That is great - how were they caught?
ReplyDeleteWe used 1 1/2" self setting hooks, two to a rig, baited with salted herring halves, salmon heads, or misc fish parts. Run them to the bottom using a big sinker weight (20 to 30oz depending on current/drift speed) and wait. We didn't get into any big ones the largest that was caught on the boat was about 30lbs when whole. We shared around the boat so we all got equal.
ReplyDeleteExcellent haul! I like that everyone on the boat shared. Sounds like a very good sort of fishing expedition. And halibut is a very good sort of fish to have lots of!
ReplyDelete"the largest that was caught ... about 30lbs" - I think that is impressive - what a successful trip!! Perhaps I missed it - was this river or the river mouth/ocean?
ReplyDeleteKyle's little sister here: Halibut fishing is done in the gulf, so it's ocean fishing. The halibut rest on little mounds deep on the ocean floor, and that's where you have to tempt them with your bait. Then you laboriously haul them up to the surface. Lastly Leigh and/or my mom will make delicious fried halibut with beaver sauce and the whole family is happy! (Except for those of us who miss out, i.e. you and I)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Halibut can get up to several hundred lbs (there's a derby every year), but the best tasting are the younger ones, besides the old big ones are the reproducers.
Megan, I thought it might be ocean but I didn't know the details of their trip. Beaver sauce?? What is that? Thanks for info.
ReplyDeleteBeaver sauce is the name Liam gave to our concoction of catsup and horseradish which we dip the fried halibut into. The horseradish bottle has a picture of a beaver on it. We're still trying to decide what beavers have to do with a spicy root.
ReplyDeleteJess thought of the horseradish straight away when I mentioned "Beaver" sauce cause she has some of it - but I was leaning towards mayonnaise/tartar sauce as a guess - intstead it's more like a piquant "cocktail" sauce - I get it. Sounds good!
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