Is this what they call a chicken halibut?

Sundancefisher · #1 03-19-2011, 06:14 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi9-8...&feature=fvwp\

See how it was scared of that fish bonker and kept trying to dodge it.

What a chicken...

Jwood 456 · #2 03-19-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi9-8...&feature=fvwp\

See how it was scared of that fish bonker and kept trying to dodge it.

What a chicken...

Good one

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gramps73 · #3 03-19-2011, 07:31 PM

That is one big fish, now when said he needs everybody does that mean that he is going to bring it onto the boat...

blackmamba · #4 03-19-2011, 07:42 PM

they typically leave fish of that size tied to the boat !! A fish of that size would destroy the inside of a boat while flopping around , and or break a leg of one of the fisherman !!

atleast that what our guide told us last year when we were fishin for hali's...

Jwood 456 · #5 03-19-2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by blackmamba

they typically leave fish of that size tied to the boat !! A fish of that size would destroy the inside of a boat while flopping around , and or break a leg of one of the fisherman !!

atleast that what our guide told us last year when we were fishin for hali's...

Speaking of halibut being brought into a boat with out being subdued, there was this true story about a newbie halibut angler that I heard on an online halibut fishing article. What happened, was this newbie hali angler brought in a 40lb halibut. The next thing that happens, is the angler brings the hali into the boat without subduing it.

The angler bends down to unhook the ticked off hali and winds up with a black eye and broken ribs.

big zeke · #6 03-20-2011, 02:35 AM

Sorta funny that he hit it with the gaff and essentially didn't phase him. At that size he may just as well have hit him with a feather. Seems sort of odd to not have a harpoon line thru him (most boats carry them).

I've had several guides tell me that anything over about 60# gets the tail cut and tied to the boat til dead...even then hauling a few hundred pounds of deadweight would be tough.

I'd probaly release such a huge hen, she will give tons more fish in the future.

One day, perhaps...
Zeke