A Stolen Halibut and Double Cod Doubles! Halibut Fishing - Juneau, Alaska! MAY 2024  

Hey Mark thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the positive comment! I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! You are right Mary doesn't mind who catches the fish because it is usually HER doing the catching!!! haha Thanks and tight lines! Captain Zac

Hi Wayne haha yes indeed halibut theft is taken quite seriously around here - luckily she didn't press charges! haha Thanks again and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Thanks Paul! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Haha hey Bradley I'm sure she'll be back to the Halibut Queen in no time! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Haha well said Steve! Yes indeed these Ravens definitely enjoyed the cleanup! Thanks and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey Don thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the positive comment! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos and I'm lucky to have a great first mate! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey PeelingLine thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this footage! Awesome to hear that you are seeing a lot of whales in your area. The humpbacks are showing up in numbers now because the herring have moved in. Tight lines! Captain Zac

@@CaptainZac We had a humpback surface right in our path as we were heading back on our last trip. It was cool but we had to go slow to pass it. Orcas have been all over too.

@@PeelingLine Wow that sounds awesome!!!

Hi Mark thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! I appreciate the positive comment and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Well said Eric! Swing for the fences and HOME RUN! Thanks and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi Robert thanks for the positive comment and glad you enjoyed this footage! Nothing beats that fresh Alaskan air! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Haha yes halibut theft is a serious crime up here in Alaska! haha Yes indeed the cod were certainly cooperating! Thanks for stopping by Bill and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey there Geoff many thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the positive comment! Yes indeed that big halibut near Petersburg was an adventure I'll never forget! Crazy that such a big fish was in such shallow water. I recall I also caught a halibut sight fishing that day - a chicken hali rose to the top and I tossed a 1oz jig at it and connected! Looking forward to more halibut adventures later this season! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi Tony thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed this halibut action! Yes indeed - halibut love these big jigs! Thanks again and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey @goodcitizen64 many thanks for the positive comment! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi @PatrioticUSAmerican thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! Tight lines! Captain Zac

Haha hey @NRALifer1 thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! She's usually the one catching all the fish so this was a rare exception to that standard! Tight lines! Captain Zac

Thanks Jimmie I appreciate the positive comment and am glad you enjoyed this early season footage! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi @ExcelRealEstateExperts many thanks for the positive feedback and I'm glad you are enjoying my videos! Tight lines! Captain Zac

Hi @dansplett8303 thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Thanks Jon I appreciate the positive comment! Tight lines! Captain Zac

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Hi Angelo thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this video! Happy Mother's day as well! Tight lines! Captain Zac

Hi Thomas thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! Yes indeed pacific cod is very tasty - mild, sweet and flaky! Sorry to hear they aren't available in the Puget Sound anymore. Sounds like an excuse to book a trip to Alaska! haha Thanks again and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Haha hey Scott well said! I need all the help I can get - she'll be slinging 80-pounders over the rail at some point this season so it was nice of her to let me have this one! I rig this trailer hook a little differently than most - I form a loop to connect it to the jig hook shank and take it off each time I re-bait the jig (thus this trailer hook sits in front of any bait I have on the main hook - helping keep the bait on the hook). Does this make sense? In fact, I ordered some of these for my store and expect to have them within a week or so. Thanks and tight lines! Captain Zac

Well said David! Haha yes indeed it is always better to give it a rip whenever something feels a little off - there just may be a lunker on the other end! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi Phil thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this trip! Yes the pacific cod are great to eat - very sweet, mild and flaky white fish! Great for fish and chips! Thanks and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey @actualcentar7950 thanks for the positive comment and I'm glad you are enjoying my videos! I don't have a hard and fast rule - if I'm near a tide turn I'll often make sure that I fish through the tide (an hour before and an hour after for example). If I'm back trolling I tend to hop around from spot to spot and if I'm anchored up I'll tend to fish for longer at a spot. Sometimes you have to wait through some slow times and then BANG - a big hali will show up all of the sudden! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey @arklaskanadventures thanks for stopping by! I run a GoPro 11. Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hey Patrick thanks for stopping by! My spinning setup is a Penn Slammer IV 8500 w/ 80lb PowerPro on a Penn Carnage III jigging spinning rod. Tight lines! Captain Zac

Exactly right @jbwhittaker4645! Fish and chips for days!!! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi @jaychoi12345 I'm glad to hear they arrived - thanks again for your business! I use a Penn Slammer IV 8500 with 80lb PowerPro braid. Good luck with the jigs and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

@CaptainZac yes thank you. I will try out new jig and see , how it performs in WA. I have no doubt about it. I love how much it glow. More order will be coming from me in future.

Awesome - I'd love to hear how they work for you! Best of luck out there! Captain Zac

Hi Jonathan thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! I really enjoy eating both halibut and cod. While I do prefer halibut (if I had to choose), I definitely enjoy pacific cod and know many anglers who actually prefer to eat cod over halibut. Cod is a super mild, sweet, flaky white fish - really tasty! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi Tony thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed this early season action! I do keep some pelagic rockfish such as dusky rockfish but I tend to throw most others back. Non-pelagic rockfish are heavily regulated or closed all together (such as yelloweye). Given all of the other fish available in Alaska, sculpin are often an undesirable bycatch when targeting halibut or salmon. Here are the more detailed rockfish regs: www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/fishregulations/PDFs/southeast/2024se_sfregs_general_freshwater_saltwater.pdf Thanks and tight lines! Captain Zac

Hi Tom thanks for stopping by! 80lb braid on the spinning reels and 50lb braid on the electric reel. Tight lines! Captain Zac

It is a Seaborg 500mj - I chose that because it is small enough to be fished "in hand" while jigging for halibut (whereas many other models are much larger and meant to be fished out of a rod holder). Thanks and tight lines! Captain Zac

That is why I asked. I have seven or eight electric reels but they are all huge and make it a pain to hold the rod while fishing.

Makes sense - I'm still getting dialed in on this setup but thus far I've found it very enjoyable to fish "in hand" while deep-dropping jigs. I also like that you can set the hook just like a traditional setup and then engage the electric once the fish is hooked (vs. sitting it in a holder with a circle hook and waiting for the fish to hopefully hook itself).

Hey @CoastalGoon thanks stopping by and I appreciate your support! While I do have my USCG Captain's License, I'm not currently guiding as I'm navigating a day job alongside Alaskan adventure. Should this change in the future, I'll let you know! Thanks again and tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Hi Howard yes indeed I agree Mary is a trouper! I'm glad you are able to enjoy fishing with your wife as well! Tight lines my friend! Captain Zac

Привет, спасибо за просмотр, и я ценю вашу заботу о моей жене. Иногда она носит жилет, но иногда обходится без него, поскольку он мешает ей выдернуть удочку. Спасибо и берегите себя! Капитан Зак