Halibut Fishing Oak Bay BC May 1st 2016

[whalebreath]

A tad late with this my camera was lost for a bit.

Oak Bay BC Marina






Obligatory blaze-of-sunrise shots




Lovely neighbourhood




Not much for Crabs today




Common scene thereabouts




It was a long slow morning staring @ this- waiting, waiting, waiting


Dogfish aka Squalus Acanthias not what we were after


Finally in the bottom of the last inning.....








Cheeks!




Hippoglossus Stenolepis-spelled d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s






More Cheek!


One of 4 like this


A fraction of what I had to process the next day for long term freezing

[Steve-O]

Winner, winner, Halibut dinner!

Nice day on the water, too.

Thanks for sharing.

[Tightlines667]

Great pictures and report.  That looks like a good day on the water to me.

[Reel 224]

I noticed you saving the cheeks....they are delicious on most fish.

Joe

[RiverAngler]

Like fillet mignon!

[BonitaBch]

Great fish, fantastic job 

[Big Tim]

MMMMMM Halibut, and a big YES on the cheeks. Nice knife work as well.


BT

[swill88]

thank for those pics...

steve

[David Hall]

Bucket list fishing!

[ChileRelleno]

Great report and pics, thanks for sharing.

Been a long time since I've had any fresh Pacific Halibut.

[whalebreath]

MMMMMM Halibut, and a big YES on the cheeks. Nice knife work as well.

The guide is a Red Seal Chef as well so he knows his way around a knife-I actually got more meat off this one than a somewhat larger model caught years before & cleaned by someone else.

[Ron Jones]

Grew up as my favorite, now definitely in the top 5. Good anyway you do it from the smoker to oil and everything in between.
Nice catch
Ron

[steelfish]

Bucket list fishing!

x2


congrats, 4 fish like that in one day would make a day for many