Halibut
Season:
May 1st to Sept 15th
Gaffing a nice Halibut as it comes out of the water
Fishing for halibut can be very enjoyable and
action packed! Halibut are fished for on the
bottom of the ocean, also known as bottom
dwellers. Halibut range in size, sometimes your
not sure what you have on the line until you get
it to the boat. The Cook Inlet waters have some
of the largest halibut in world. It is not
uncommon to catch halibut over 100 lbs. Halibut
usually range from 15 to 150 pounds and every
once in a while you catch them over 200 pounds,
that’s when you get the gun! Most of the really
large halibut are female and very old, that’s why
most people like to keep them less than 80
pounds for eating purposes.
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World record was 440 lbs caught in 1978
Houston with a nice Halibut from Anchor Point
A day in Seward, Halibut and Silvers
