First Halibut of the year!

[jwood99]

Fishing south of Kitimat, got my first halibut of the year and it was a blast! Had a lot of good laughs with friends as well!

 

[kaelc]

Haha love it. Great gaff job and then not! Nice work.

 

[jwood99]

Haha love it. Great gaff job and then not! Nice work.

Lol yeah he felt bad cause he had lost one the day before on the gaff

 

[calmsea]

Wow, what a circus for a little but like that. Hope you guys get better landing before you get something bigger! lol

 

[jwood99]

Yeah normally it goes smoother than that but this one was border line legal and wanted to try and bring it in initially to measure it

 

[doug78]

Good to get that first one in the boat, takes the edge off for the rest of season.

Is that le Conte glacier in your profile picture? Kinda looks like it...but unsure. Either way would have been a awesome trip in the ranger.

 

[jwood99]

Good to get that first one in the boat, takes the edge off for the rest of season.

Is that le Conte glacier in your profile picture? Kinda looks like it...but unsure. Either way would have been a awesome trip in the ranger.

It sure felt great!

Thats the Tracy Arm Glacier but we did stop at Le Conte as well!

 

[doug78]

It sure felt great!

Thats the Tracy Arm Glacier but we did stop at Le Conte as well!

Ah, even farther north. Awesome!

 

[jwood99]

Ah, even farther north. Awesome!

Yeah we took her up to Juneau. Was an amazing trip!

 

[sam_n_leo]

Great video, TBH I've always wondered the the best way to handle one that looked close to the limit. Gaff gently in the bottom mouth like you were doing seems like a good approach. Since the max size limits were put in I've never had the problem.

 

[Buckethead905]

Wow, what a circus for a little but like that. Hope you guys get better landing before you get something bigger! lol

I don’t know if you need glasses, but that hali is borderline oversize for the regulations (not saying it is) nice fish!

 

[jwood99]

I don’t know if you need glasses, but that hali is borderline oversize for the regulations (not saying it is) nice fish!

Hey, it was 5cm under legal size, we had DFO board us shortly after we caught this and they confirmed it was legal size!

 

[jwood99]

Great video, TBH I've always wondered the the best way to handle one that looked close to the limit. Gaff gently in the bottom mouth like you were doing seems like a good approach. Since the max size limits were put in I've never had the problem.

Thank you! We were concerned about it being an oversized and that was why the lip gaff at first attempt! DFO checked us shortly after this and they measured and confirmed it was legal size as well!

 

[Buckethead905]

Hey, it was 5cm under legal size, we had DFO board us shortly after we caught this and they confirmed it was legal size!

I was commenting on the guy saying “that little butt”. It was anything but little, very nice fish, congrats..

 

[jwood99]

I was commenting on the guy saying “that little butt”. It was anything but little, very nice fish, congrats..

Ah ic what you meant now! Thank you!

 

[sly_karma]

My 2 cents worth: bit of a turn off when the fisherman keeps looking at the camera and fiddling with it. Gives the impression that the video is more important than the fishing. Fight that fish and never mind the camera! * Again, just my opinion. *

Glad you got into some early season fish. Thanks for posting.

 

[jwood99]

Yeah that’s fair. Was just trying to make sure we got both the fish and the video

 

[bryce]

Yeah that’s fair. Was just trying to make sure we got both the fish and the video

I’ve just been netting anything that is close to legal they stay fairly calm in the net it seems couple have got a little squirly but it’s the least harm to the fish

 

[jwood99]

Yeah that’s a good idea Forsure.

 

[RiverBoy]

Great video, TBH I've always wondered the the best way to handle one that looked close to the limit. Gaff gently in the bottom mouth like you were doing seems like a good approach. Since the max size limits were put in I've never had the problem.

there was nothing gentle about that gaff job. especially the way the hali twisted on the hook after the gaff job. don’t throw the hook into anything that’s questionable. that fish would suffer greatly if it had to be released.