Heard about the Halibut closure on the 9th,so broke down and purchased an anchor system,and headed out of pedder
at the crack of dawn Mon. We hit the 27 fathom reef straight out of the harbour mouth and dropped the pick in 240ft.
of water. Tide was ripping pretty good but managed to get down with 2lbs. and 400-500ft. of line.Pretty quiet for the
first few hours with nothing but a cabazon to show for our effort.Then right around 10:00 the sounder started showing
a pile of feed stacked over 50 ft. deep right on the bottom.I told my two buddys who were with me that it was
looking very promising when the port rod doubles over and just starts screamin! Grab the rod and 20mins. later up
comes the biggest hali I've ever caught. I harpooned it and that just pissed him off,and down it went,breaking my
80lb. Tuff Line like it was nothing,and submurging the little Scottsman right out of sight.A minute or two later it
pops up a 100ft. behind the boat,so we disconect the anchor,chase it down ,tie it to a cleat,and slash its gills.
In the meantime we get back on the pick and get the rods back down.The tide has since dropped off,and the rods
are hanging straight down with the huge stack of feed still down there.I just get our prize hali hog tied and in the
boat and bam,the starboard rod goes off.I pass this one to my buddys wife and pull the port rod out of the holder.
I get maybe 10-15 cranks off the bottom and that rod doubles over in my hands. Double Hali Header Time!! Pass that
rod to my buddy and get the poon ready.Total pandimonium insued for the next 45mins. or so while I pooned ,subdued
and hog tied these two fish. Get back to the dock and throw them on the scales. 78,34,28lbs. respectivly. Quite a day!
Just wish I had a chartplotter to mark the spot. All of them came on salmonbellys,and marinated in Pro-Cure Butt Juice.