Posts tagged 'Halibut'

The ocean is a magnificent playground, where the fish are big, the water’s bigger, and there is a real opportunity to ...

When it comes to delicacies for halibut, or ling cod, one of their favourite niblets is the oily belly skin of a salmon. The best way to get this bait is to catch them and darn it all, that means we've got to go catch a salmon or two! I hear you, it's a tough gig, but the fresher the belly meat the better the results. So we head out, drop down a flasher with a hootchie trailing and nail a few salmon (Coho, Chinooks, Pink, it really doesn't matter). Fillet them up keeping the prized belly meat for a trip to ground fish heaven. Now with fresh salmon fillets in the freezer and a bag full of belly meat at our side we're set for some great halibut fishing.

I've been going back and forth to the coast for many years and it's always a thrill to look down into the water and see the mottled brown diamond shape twisting and turning on my line. Halibut are sought after and with a little perseverance, they can be caught. The hardest thing about catching halibut is locating them and sometimes this requires a lengthy boat ride out into the pacific. Big halibut are often deep dwellers that make forays into the shallows to feed.

Lordy! Lordy! Another forty is all I can say. You fish the same pools each day and every one could hold a monster at any time. Attached are some of the King Salmon we have produced for the smiley clients.