Sunday, August 24, 2014

Halibut Fishing in Homer

Last weekend, Dad, Brad and I went halibut hooking in Homer (nice alliteration huh?). It was a great day on the water and we all caught our limit (2 each with one having to be under 29")!

We stayed at a nice little cabin with a 200 yard path lined with fireweed past our shoulders. We made sure to have bear spray as there was no way to tell what was out there.



On a clear day you can see Augustine Volcano






Our fishing rigs - rope connects the line to the circle hooks
Halibut are typically rightys - meaning when their eyes move from either side of the head to one side so they can see above them, they typically move to the right - in the Halibut Derby, if you caught a lefty you won $100


Dad's first halibut


Brad's hooked a big one


Fishin' for silvers once he met his halibut limit

Dad's catch

My catch

Brad's catch minus his other halibut

One of my patients told me to take then lens out of a halibut eye and look through and the deck hand was nice enough to give me one

Hard to see, but if you click on the pic to make larger, you can tell the deckhand is upside down when looking through the lens



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