Newport, OR halibut

[Keta]

I made the drive to the coast hoping the weather reports were not right, they were Friday and Saturday but we were able to get out Thursday.

It started of well with a 38" and a 34" halibut in the boat in the first 45 min.  The next fish, 36" came an hour later than 3hours of soaking bait when we tagged the boat out with a 48" fish.

[Maxed Out]

Nice job Lee, those are all decent flatties......48" equates to about 55# !!

[mo65]

Way to go Lee!

[Hardy Boy]

Glad it worked out for you Lee. Ted and I have had to scrub the last two trips....................... due to weather. Nice fish.


Cheers:


Todd

[Ron Jones]

Great job. I'm in the same boat as the canook, one more shot.
Ron Jones

[Keta]

Nice job Lee, those are all decent flatties......48" equates to about 55# !!

Yup, 34" is about the smallest I like to keep and the 48" a inch or so shy of the largest I like to kill.

[swill88]

Nice job Lee, those are all decent flatties......48" equates to about 55# !!

Yup, 34" is about the smallest I like to keep and the 48" a inch or so shy of the largest I like to kill.

Why is that Lee?

steve

[Keta]

Pacific halibut over 60 pounds are hens and the really large girls product  more eggs.  The flavor is still good on larger fish but the flakes are large, they have more worms and bioaccumulated toxins.

[Benni3]

That's a monster,,,,, really great job,,,,,

[Captain64-200]

Nice panfish !  but we gonna need a bigger pan ...

[Gfish]

Yehp. Bigger fish usually have more eggs in 'em and they usually have more yolk reserves in the eggs which could increase the survivability of the fry.

[conchydong]

Good Job Lee! That's some fine eating fish there.