Halibut fishing

[lead chucker]

We got lucky to day and got a 142 pound halibut once we got it up to the boat I had to shoot it with my 45 colt derringer with the lee 230 gr round nose to calm it down,it worked. Happy days I will be eating halibut for a while.http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_124014fbb34ca4362a.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5336)

[lead chucker]

I know this doesn't qualify for hunting but I did get to shoot it. That has to qualify for something.

[Jeff Michel]

I think it counts, anyone who has had to share a boat with a halibut don't need to ask why you had to shoot it. Nice fish!

[JeffinNZ]

That is an awful big flounder! Angry Hal I understand they are known as. We have a crazy TV fishing show presenter called Matt Watson. He went to Alaska fishing for halibut from a small inflatable boat. Hooked one that towed him around the bay. He got a bit spooked when whales started leaping around on the surface!

[missionary5155]

Good morning
That would also classify for Personal Protection award. Nice fish ! Imagine tackling that monster in a Kayak.
Mike in Peru

[Sasquatch-1]

Really nice fish. The best I have ever done is a 45 lb Snook from a boat house on the St. Lucie in Florida.

[RugerFan]

That's gotta be the strangest cast boolit kill. Nice fish! We have a halibut charter scheduled for July. Can't wait!

[x101airborne]

I say it counts. No different than if I trapped hogs and shot em with cast. Great use of lead. I havent had to share the boat with a halibut, but I did with a 71 inch baracudda. If that wasnt my first baracudda, I would have known to shoot that thing before boating it also.

[Bob Krack]

I know this doesn't qualify for hunting but I did get to shoot it. That has to qualify for something.

I don't know ----- I think you just shot it "for the halibut". :veryconfu:mrgreen:[smilie=w:

Bob

[x101airborne]

I don't know ----- I think you just shot it "for the halibut". :veryconfu:mrgreen:[smilie=w:

Bob

Now ats funE righ ere. I don cur ho ya er.

[LEADHOPPER]

That's a nice barn door ya got there.

[1kshooter]

good eating and lots of it!...congrats counts in my books!
Jonathan

[lead chucker]

Yup you only need to bring a big live halibut on board one time to figure out it's a bad idea, the way they flop around they could easily break a leg or do some damage to the boat like rip a fuel line off a kicker can. Shoot em bleed them and hang them off the side. Seems the best way to do it. Shooting them adds some drama that I like. I don't shoot the little ones just smack them in the head with a gaff.

[9.3X62AL]

Yup you only need to bring a big live halibut on board one time to figure out it's a bad idea, the way they flop around they could easily break a leg or do some damage to the boat like rip a fuel line off a kicker can. Shoot em bleed them and hang them off the side. Seems the best way to do it. Shooting them adds some drama that I like. I don't shoot the little ones just smack them in the head with a gaff.

Even the smaller butts we get down south go ballistic when they get on deck without prior pacification. If one looks "short", I just unhook 'em in the water and let them haul a--. Fish By Picasso, but they sure taste good.

They can be had pretty much year around hereabouts, so when nothing else is working the "default setting" is "bounce-ball for halis". The local bays and nearshore waters have lots of them.

[Reg]

Just so you didn't put no dents in the bottom of the boat !!!

:kidding::kidding:

[Mooseman]

When I fished Prince William sound for many years , we Harpooned them and had em tied off with 1000 pound test so they would bleed out and calm down...we learned the hard way after the .410 clipped the line on a big one when we first started fishing them.
I like big "buts and I cannot lie.....lol

[lead chucker]

Have not shot the line (yet) we harpoon them then shoot them then run a line through the mouth and out the gill plate. Had a 70 pounder get off the harpoon once could not believe what I was seeing nave had that happen before, it was a real heart breaker. I'm in the prince William sound.

[Mooseman]

I fished out of Valdez as engineer on a Boat for over 12 years before the Captain got too dangerous and refused to listen to safety warnings...so I quit.
I would love to find someone with a Large boat out of Valdez that needs a fishing buddy to spend 2-3 days out fishing at a time...I loved it and I know some good fishing holes.

Rich
Glennallen, Ak.

[lead chucker]

I'm in Cordova the wife and I try to get out when we can I have a little 21 foot bay liner trophy. The odds of having a nice day coinciding with a day off is pretty hit and miss so this fish was a gift from the fish gods.

[legend]

Hey... was that fish in a barrel??

[canyon-ghost]

One of the guys I work with brought back halibut from Alaska (dry ice). We had several days of walking through the shop munching on 1" cubes of halibut from the fish fryer. That's great stuff. Being landlocked all my life, I can make myself almost sick from it and have NO guilt at all!

Good, good, good!

[9.3X62AL]

We don't have the option of dragging the halibut (or any other fish) alongside the boat for any length of time for any purpose--sea lions, seals, and/or sharks will be very happy to rip off your catch--sometimes before you get to deep color. %^$# humaniacs think of the thieving pinnipeds as "sea kittens", and all we can do is whack them with paintball guns.

[BRobertson]

We used to get our years worth via personal use skates(longlines) out of Homer in the early 70's.
Of course it isn't allowed now except commercially.

Bob

[skeettx]

Sounds kinda fishy to me :)

Well done! Well done

Why did you shoot it?? Just for the halibut!!!!! :)
Second time around is STILL funny

Mike

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

Ok, if no one else has the guts to do it, I'll ask.

So Lead Chucker, ----------- Do you aim for the shoulders or behind the shoulders on those things?

Keep em coming!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[waksupi]

Ok, if no one else has the guts to do it, I'll ask.

So Lead Chucker, ----------- Do you aim for the shoulders or behind the shoulders on those things?

Keep em coming!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

Naw, ya just drag them into the boat, and then shoot 'em full of holes!

[lead chucker]

Now that's funny. I forgot to say it was a threw and threw I wasn't able to recover the bullet for examination.

[paul h]

Nice fish!

A couple years back I was fishing out of Seward with my buddy. I kept catching really nice ling cod, but as it was May, I had to keep throwing them back. He finally caught the one halibut of the day, a nice 40 pounder. We figured it was a little one so didn't dispatch it before bringing it on board. He made the mistake of straddling the fish, and before he could hit it with the bat, the tail came up and wacked him right between the legs :groner:

Note to self, the only halibut to bring on board are dead halibut.

[jp1]

That fish was a slammer. Congratulations and if it needed shooting good shot. Do not drop that little derringer in the drink though.

[Balduran]

nice soaker
Congrats
Jody

[lead chucker]

I love halibut but would walk right over one to get to a Ling cod I really like those. They are a bit more forgiving if you over cook them. I think they have a little more oil content than halibut. I just scored a 28 pound case of sockeye salmon from a friend all filleted and vacuum packed that's a big score. I'm pretty set for fish this year. I now have to get some halibut for him. Now all I need to do is introduce a 311299 hp to a black bear.

[paul h]

Lings are definately more fun to catch, and better table fare. The only downside is they don't hold up as well in the freezer.

Only 1 more month til ling season!

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[bootsnthejeep]

I've got one of those Ducktown derringers. I'd NEED a 142 pound halibut in order to hit it with a 45 in it, if it was anything over arm's length away. Well done!

[Triggerhappy]

You think a halibut in the boat is a problem....

I used to scuba dive off California a lot and spent a lot of time spear fishing for them, usually in Monterey Bay or close to it. You learn real quick that you don't want a big one when it's tethered to your wrist. On top of the halibut dragging your butt all over after you spear it, the harbor seals know what sound a spear gun makes and they come beat you up to take the fish. Combat fishing at it's best......

[429421Cowboy]

Uncle Jack always said the only halibut in his boat would be a dead one, used to shoot them with a .410 slug until slugs got too expensive so he just harpooned em and bonked em with the "priest", i always wondered why he didn't just switch to a .45 ACP or Colt loaded light, now i can tell him i was right!

[lead chucker]

Paul H
Them lingcod you got there are making me hungry. Get you some panco breading and a deep frier and your in business, I'm jelous

[paul h]

Unfortunately that was a few years back. Last year drifting over my ling spots I just couldn't manage to hook them.

My best day of ling catching was an early season halibut trip out of Seward. I tried lots of friends "hot spots" and all I managed to catch were lingcod, probably 1/2 dozen and some real nice ones. I did have one nice yellow eye to keep for the day, but could not find a halibut, nor keep the lings off my hook.

Hopefully I land a few ling this year.

[bearcove]

If you were getting lings the bottom was probably rocky. Halibut prefer soft bottom.

[sixshot]

I've always been a soft bottom man myself!

Dick

[lead chucker]

Most places we fish here are sandy bottoms. I fish the rock piles when I'm looking for black bass and quill back rock fish. Them are good eating too.

[paul h]

Don't forget the yellow eyes, probably the best eating rockfish.

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[bearcove]

Rockfish are good fresh, NO DOUBT! But I really miss the fresh shrimp and crab. Next year I'll be back. this summers shot.

[lead chucker]

Now that's what I'm talking about. I love fresh shrimp. Not many around here, not real close any way. Them yellow eye are delicious. It's all good.