336lb Halibut Catch and Release! Alaskan Halibut Fishing - Petersburg, Alaska! JULY 2024  

I was there with Capt Zac. This fish was huge. It wore me out to the point that I had to hand off to Capt Zac for help. As you can see, we took turns to get it done. Nature can be powerful! Thx for the assist Capt!

A true Sportsman. So refreshing to see a person with honorable ethics in this day and age. You were a long way from Juneau !

Only true sportsmen release a monster like that. Well done gentlemen! 👍

Congrats Gentlemen on an absolute monster!!! You did the right thing letting this great fish go. By the way you did not need an electric reel. You just needed Mary!!!

great conservation its nice to see these huge breeders live and breed for future fisheries

Fantastic catch and release skipper! Kudos.

Holy crazy catch 👍the release was the best. Thanks much

Hey my dad emailed you about the halibut jigs that were lost in the mail and told me about you and congratulations on the fish thanks for helping my dad

Just WOW! Way to go both of you.

WOW, I didn't know that halibut got that big. Great catch and release!

Wow that was a huge halibut thanks for sharing and posting your video congrats on your catch 💯👍🎣🔥 Catch you next time!

What a monster on the line and great fight but got lost at the last moment Captain Zac, but as you know all part of fishing.Great video and footage, enjoyed the trip with you team, thumbs up and greetings from Kiwiland,, Tony.

Thanks for posting this video. That was exciting to watch. Nice release of the barn door. Keep it up.

Incredible fish! Thanks for sharing and you definitely made the right choice letting the old girl go!

Well done guys !!!!Always good to see some big fish close to the boat!

We need more captain and fishermen like that,think about the future.

Great catch and release Cpt!

Is that near Point Baker? We will be there on Wednesday. Fishing has been amazing out that way. Hopefully, the cohos come in strong.

Nothing better than a fire eye jig! ❤

Dang Dudes! That was a huge halibut. Amazing! Good job. Too much fun.

What a day. Great team work, fantastic barn door. and a fight that you will remember forever. Very jealous. Hope you had a chance to get a Rock Fish taco at El Zarape in Petersburg. Keep up the good work Captain. I'll have a line in the same waters in eight days :-).

Nice catch Zac, that was 1 huge Halibut.

Great job fellas that’s the way to keep the halibut numbers strong let the big ones keep breeding. Congrats

Capt. Zac , Great fish 🐟. A real monster . Full respect to see the release of that fish . & your mate can claim that one 😅 .,, excellent post to watch . Great content Cheers Tim

What an absolute tank! Congrats, amazing fish.

THAT was one CHUNKY female! Just look at her underwater. LOTS of baby halibut in there. Good to you for letting her go & lay future generations. Was with my father in law out of Homer in the 80's & brought in a 417 pounder. I cried at the cleaning table, not for the 4 fillets that filled a black, hefty garbage bag each. But for the 20 plus pounds of creamy white eggs, they threw out for the seagulls.. I ALWAYS regretted that.😢

Amazing catch and release! So cool you got it on video too

Monster fish!!

WOW!! Congrats on the barndoor

Your living the fisherman,s dream GOD bless you my friend.

I’m exhausted. Great job men!!!!!!

Beast 👍👍

I live in Juneau Alaska born and raised and I agree Jerry’s meat it very good the crab dip used to be good but now it’s not but still very good little store in the valley. Im at 29:02

Another awesome video my friend. Looks to me like you letting that big girl go got you some karma rewards from mother nature. That was a very nice batch of halibut that you were able to harvest!!! Good luck, have fun, and be safe out there my friend.

Nice Halibut! Look like fun! Heading to Homer August 4 a Can't Wait! Just ordered some of your Halibut Seasoning! Keep putting out the good videos!

Zac, Great job on that Halibut action. That sure was a monster of a Halibut, awesome job and nice job on the release. I will text you later on the dates I will next be in Sitka incase you have the time to get over for the Coho fishing as discussed in a previous convocation. Good luck on the up coming trips and tight lines.

I caught a 92 pound halibut in June of 2023 and thought that was big ! Wow what a great catch, I’m sorry I kept mine being my first time in Alaska and love halibut. If I would catch one like that I would definitely let it go! The smaller ones taste a lot better! Nice work

Captain Zac You guys earned that sea monster.. Congrats…!!! I’m looking forward to seeing what else you guys got to catch on your Petersburg adventure! Tight Lines.. Safe trip home.. E

So jealous! Awesome fish!

Howdy from Australia, congratulations on an absolute monster Halibut, l love seeing those fish. What was the red electric reel you used, had some power for its size.

THAT WAS AN AMAZING FISH 🐟 AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU CHOSE TO LET IT GO!!!! 🎉🎉

Well done! That is amazing

Wish I would have known that was your boat tied up last week. Would have come and said hello! My cabin is two places north of the lodge. Been watching your videos for the last few years trying to figure these fish out! Being from Minnesota, it’s been a learning curve trying to figure out the ocean! Great fish!

Great catch and release !! You are really getting the hang of that electric reel. You have a nice smooth operation. Love the videos..

Great job and nice release! We fished that area in June and caught some nice halibut. Some days the current was so strong we had to move over to Prince of Wales Island to have easier fishing. Looking forward to Coho salmon soon.

Been there, done that. We gave up on our fish after 45 minutes or so. This was on a known spot that had big fish in the 400 range. We had other fish to catch, so we finally just tied the braid to the cleat and busted it off. Fish this big are not that fun. Even though we would have never killed it and would have let it go, I did really want to at least see it. Oh well.

this was an amazing video. I live in Oregon and catch them here, but none ever close to that size. great fish.

Great catch and release

Landing that monster with light tackle...good job!

Putting the Double Heat to the Biggest Hallie Ever ,Nice Tandem Guys

Absolutely awesome barn door. I would have never been able to land that monster. You guys showed excellent team work. Thank you for another epic video. Not nice to eat and not offer your viewers a sandwich. Tight lines King Cod.

AWESOME!

Good job. Only thing drove me crazy was stuff all over your fighting area. I'm super strict about clutter on my boats. Can you share the make n model of your electrical reels. Like the compact Blessings and fish on

Wow! Awesome job! You won’t need to go to the gym for a couple days, after that workout!! 😃

Standing ovation!

The old man and the sea comes to mind

Epic battle

Just WOW!!!

Great Catch and release on a true barn door. And yes that indeed was a spotted ratfish. Have caught several in the puget sound. Will notice they have very human like teeth for crushing shells. Tight Lines!

Hey Zac what's going on the 330 halibut Petersburg is one of my favorite places really good fishing. One of these things in Petersburg is the founder fishing is really good in a couple of different places near the town and then in the passage from the town to one of the slues the flounder fishing is really outstanding I've limited it out many times. Also right in front of most the big canneries if you put a Japanese rig with the feathers in the small hooks the herring is incredible not all the time but sometimes there's huge hearing like a foot and a half long herring. If you like to do marinated herring this is the place to get it because the Herring is so big. Also if you head down towards Prince of Wales Island where Point Baker the fishing for rockfish and halibut is really good there too I found from about 60 ft to about 150 the rockfish are just so plentiful and in some places that are not that deep there are lots of good sized halibut from about 40 to 80 in on the average and then some bigger ones and if you like whales holy moly it's incredible amount of whales

I never keep the large female breeders. Did once, meat wasn't great. Love to anchor on a school of 60/80 pounders Good show.

Beastie from the deep...congrats

Nice fish. I’ve had 20 pound salmon wear me out. Must’ve been a good fight

Great to see you finally caught a ratfish. Mary is eating good tonight 😂

Congratulations and great job sending her back down!

Good on ya' for releasing it.

Way to go boys 👍

Congrats to true sportsmen, One question: how big do the skates get?

WOW!

We catch 200-300 pound big eye tuna that fight 2 hours to the top and they it says see yah, right back to the bottom. Painful those big fish!! Nice going! Black magic harness is best for these big fish.

Look Zac we need to start the save Mary's arms campaign, and raise up the money to buy mary an electric reel.

The old fella would do way better if he held the rod under his left arm not right, like the captain. Magnificent catch fellas

Epic fish boys!!! How long does it take you to get down here, Zac? We're about to run up to Sweetheart Creek, I'm assuming 4 hours or so from Thomas Bay.

Was just fishing there a couple weeks ago for halibut. Great on the halibut, not so much so for the salmon. Just wondering how you get your boat from juneau to petersburg.?

If you pulled the anchor you could drift with the tide and take that out of the halibut advantage.

That fish could have feed a family for a year

What was the total fight time for that halibut?

I noticed you guys hold the rod almost the entire time. Do any halibut anglers use rail rods to gain more leverage and save some energy?

What kind of electric reels are those?

Are two’s or three’s on the water

what electric reel are you using? Could you post a link or just let me know what it is? TIA.

That’s were i live

Chikenz for Dinner !!!

Where is your spots to go halibut fishing cause I live in Juneau Alaska

Why don’t you have rod holders to help you fight this monster?

Might want to drop a couple of depth charges, Cap'n. This one's fightin' like a Russian sub. (Well, we are pretty close to 'em. They might have been trying to steal some of our gear and reverse engineer it.).

Halibut of a lifetime! Hell yeah, Captain!

Gotta ask was it state law to release that big one ? Because it's kind a hard to release what looks to amount to almost a years worth of halibut...

THAT FISH WOULD HAVE LOOKED GOOD ON YOUR WALL AT HOME

The release was the right thing to do…

thats a Rat fish its a Shark.

That is a ratfish

Yep that’s a rat fish

Thanks for sharing with us,It's a good thing let it go,, you might not of had enough money to buy potato's to make fish and chips out of it

Wow! Awesome Halibut, congratulations! If you have a chance, would you please respond to my email or message regarding our previous conversation? Great job, as always! Love your videos.

how did you get that hook out? thanks