I went halibut fishing out of Homer at the end of last June.  We caught many small halibut, and I had three 15-pounders cleaned and shipped home.  Great eating fish!!  Catching them was not so much fun. It was like pulling up a 4X8 sheet of 3/4 inch plywood through 120 feet of water, with my line attached to an eyebolt in the middle of the sheet.  Damn hard work. I can't imagine how hard it would be to pull up a big one! 

But it was great fun, and exciting to see whales swim past our boat as we fished! 

Bucket list filled. 

puckster

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