For many fishermen, fishing in Alaska means one thing….Halibut.
I love Halibut.
Especially steamed and grilled, with a tasty baked potato and an ice cold beverage!
As far as fishing for Halibut, well, that is a different story, mainly because I had never done it.
Now, most people I had talked to that had ventured out to sea to catch Halibut, have likened the experience to reeling in a "barn door" from the ocean floor, which doesn't exactly conjour up thoughts of epic battles with leaping Marlin. For me, I somehow had the vision of wrestling with an oversized mattress up a narrow flight of stairs.
A lot of colorful language and struggling.
With their sizes ranging anywhere from fifteen pound "chickens" to four hundred pound-or better- behemoths, the "door" selection was more varied than the homebuilding section at the Home Depot.
Still, Greg and I were in Alaska, and to pass up a Halibut trip out of the self-proclaimed Halibut capital of the world- Homer- would be like traveling to China and not seeing the great wall.
Our trip was booked well in advance, back in June, and was set up with Captain Scott.
I know what your thinking, and NO he did not have a first mate named Spock,Kirk or Zulu!!
When we arrived at the docks, I was somewhat disappointed to find that our thirty foot, twin dieseled cabin cruiser was not named the ss Enterprise, and that the "Mako" was the boats given name. This would certainly mess up my plans to spend the day asking for Captain Scott to "give us more power Scotty".
Probably just as well.
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