August 12th 2009 – Hali-Hunting

Posted by admin on August 22, 2009 under Fishing Reports | Be the First to Comment

When Guy Pulvermacher originally contacted me, he made it clear that halibut was 1^st priority and salmon second. I emailed him back explaining that Masset is known for its abundance of halibut rather than the average size of fish (not so with salmon!). He responded that he understood but that he would still like to get into some halibut, regardless of size. When he and his friends Kerri and Janice arrived this morning, we headed out to the sand flats near Tow Hill in order to find a nice hali. We spent the morning drifting while jigging large pieces of salmon off the bottom. The 1^st few fish we caught varied from 10 to 20 lbs. Just before we were ready to leave, Guy’s rod torqued over and we all knew he was into a nice fish. After the battle, he had a nice 55 lb halibut in the boat. Mission accomplished! We spent the rest of the day battling coho and came back to the dock loaded up.