On the chum-bag camera we found a massive Pacific Halibut taking selfies! She rolled in to check out our chum, smelling the sweet scent of herring and salmon carcasses, and then tried snacking on one of our jigs. Measuring in at six foot nine inches, she weighed approximately 290lbs, or 131.5 Kg, and is the biggest verified halibut ever filmed in the wild.
These huge fish are native to the Northern Pacific ocean, ranging from the Bering Sea to California, but with the most and biggest fish located in Alaska and Canada. They migrate out deep to the continental shelf to spawn in the dead of winter, and then head to shallower waters to feed throughout summer.
Here in Northern Kodiak Island, we fish in the Shelikof Strait, known as the Halibut Highway, because of the huge numbers of Halibut that pass through here to their feeding grounds in the rest of Alaska.
These are my favorite fish to fish for, simply because you never know what you might hook!
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4 окт 2024
