Halibut Fishing

The biggest halibut I've seen caught, 200 lbs. By Malyn Malquist.

A couple of the salmon I caught.
Where we lived in Karluk

Old men and the sea

Got one on.

Our catch of the day.

A scruffy bunch heading home.

Malyn sent me some pictures from our halibut fishing the first day off the mouth of the Karluk River in the Shellikof straits. He caught the biggest halibut, I caught the next biggest. It was the best day halibut fishing we have ever had there. ll total halibut were caught.

Back From Alaska

We had a great trip to Kodiak Island, Alaska. Our flight was cancelled to Kodiak the first day because of weather, but we got in early the next morning and made it on the charter for halibut fishing. The weather was kind of rough, Dale Reese got sick, but he still managed to catch fish. We caught 14 halibut, the largest was 140 pounds.

Saturday we flew to the Karluk River. The weather was good and the ocean calm so we went out in our boats to the ocean for halibut again. We caught 11. A couple of 80 to 90 pounders then Maylyn got a barn door. The halibut was huge. We estimated weight by length and girth to be 196 lbs.

The salmon fishing was the best ever. We had our limits early in the morning, then went out in the afternoons to catch and release. I landed more than 100 fish. I even got a nice steelhead.

We saw bears every day. It was funny to see them try and catch the red salmon. Home safe and sound. Total of processed fish was 1349 pounds.

Flat Stanley went with me. He was nearly eaten twice.

Flat Stanley says sorry BYU. Maybe next year.