my new halibut spot

starcrafttom · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: my new halibut spot

Slow day at work so I'm surfing around and found this

I love the way some of them attack the camera.

T.R. Bauer · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: halibut?

I am not sure that they are. They look more like arrowtooth flounder to me. Cool video and shots none the less.

416rigby · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:

You're joking, right? Halibut don't look anything like Arrowtooth. They are very easy to tell apart.

starcrafttom · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

The film was done in alaska.

Heres what to do with them after landing them. cleaning

JT · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject:

Nice video. Don't forget the Cheeks ! Moon

JT
F/V "Palomino"

CAVU · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

JT,
Funny you should mention the cheeks. I always cut them out if the halibut is any size at all. Several times I have seen them for sale in one of our local supermarkets at a higher price than the filets. When I looked at them-they were just small scraps and trimmings from the filets. If you have ever had halibut cheeks they have a very distinctive texture and grain pattern to them. When I told the manager that what he was selling was not halibut cheeks he said they bought them from their supplier as cheeks. Just recently I saw them again for sale. Buyer beware.

Jack in Alaska · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject:

WOW.........you found my halibut hole.

That clip of the shark-octopus fight is amazing. I wished we had more of them to hlep kill all of those darned gray sharks that steal your bait.

Jack in Alaska...patiently waiting in Arizona for winter to pass

T.R. Bauer · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

Jack in Alaska · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:

I will save all of the arrowtooth I catch for you. Too mushy for me.

chromer · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

Tom,

Could you bring one of those on board your starcraft?

doc · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

Slow day at work today so I was surfing around on the net,............. when the boss walked in. Male

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T.R. Bauer · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

starcrafttom · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject:

My starcraft was a very fishy boat, never any halibut but fishy.

I'm the boss so who is going to walk in on me? I just wish I was a better employee.? May have to dock myself.

My halibut record is slim. Sark got one in my boat and I got one up north in my boat while fishing for salmon.

T.R. Bauer · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

Neah Bay shouldn't disappoint you. While I now live in Alaska, I have caught some nice fish there. I remember people telling my how I needed a bigger boat than my CD 22 to fish out that way when I live down your way. Now I fish in the open Gulf of Alaska and it can be way worse than anything I had ever been in in Washington. The CD 22 is a great boat with oustanding capabilities.