A thread about fishing.....just for the halibut.....

[Hump]

Up here it's Tyee season again, although we're waiting on them to show up and none have been caught as yet.

For the past decade or so I have had a thread on my main fishing site wherein I try to keep people up-to-date on happenings in and around this time of year relative to Tyee fishing.
Here's the link to this year.

Tales From The Tyee Pool.....2023 | SportFishing BC

Not much happening yet but hopefully that will soon change.


Here's last years thread so you can scroll through and see what I try to do each year.

Tales From The Tyee Pool........2022 | SportFishing BC



Take care.

 

[surfMOMster]

Picked this up for surf fishing. My friend swears by it. Will try it out this week. View attachment 159340

I had a great week throwing the Lucky Craft. No legals but a heck of a lot of fun learning how to cast it.
First ever halibut and first ever WSB, so stoked!

 

[SteveT]

Time to break out the coho bellies, headed back up to Kakutat at the end of August and need to purge the freezer. All the stuff I still have is A1 condition - we have a commercial vacuum sealer up there.
Simple teriaki, brown sugar, Kosher salt brine for 10-12 hrs. set on racks and sprinkle with red pepper flakes then rest on the racks in fridge for 8hrs.
Smoke the bellies for 3-4 hrs. depending on thickness, adding soaked applewood chips to the coals occasionally.
This batch is going to be used in a whipped cream cheese spread.

 

[warble2]

Finally got the kayak out to Lake Pacific. Limited on rockfish, got into some undersized ling cod that went back, and got burped on by a whale. Dragged a buddy out there for his first time and after he got a couple of his own, is totally hooked. Still may favorite way to fish around here since we can access areas that commercial don't bother with and most sport fish guys don't want to spend the gas to get to.

Turned em into some fish stick dinners. One of my kid's favorites.

 

[SteveT]

Finally got the kayak out to Lake Pacific. Limited on rockfish, got into some undersized ling cod that went back, and got burped on by a whale. Dragged a buddy out there for his first time and after he got a couple of his own, is totally hooked. Still may favorite way to fish around here since we can access areas that commercial don't bother with and most sport fish guys don't want to spend the gas to get to.

Turned em into some fish stick dinners. One of my kid's favorites.

View attachment 159523

View attachment 159524

View attachment 159525

View attachment 159526

View attachment 159527

Nice catch! That's some good eats right there.
Out of all the great fish I catch up in Alaska (Salmon/Halibut/Lings) Those Black Bass are are one of my favorites!

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Made a solo run to my favorite islands for my favorite fish (yellowtail). Just in time to make my wife a nice dinner for her birthday on Wednesday. Ended up with a couple of yellows, half a dozen good grade bass, and a few pesky barracuda. I forgot how difficult it can be gaffing your own fish

 

[surfMOMster]

First ever spotfin croaker and it was a biggie - 27"
Topaz jetty this morning off the surf, Carolina rig 3/4oz weight using sand crab on a #4 mosquito hook.

 

[keenfish]

First ever spotfin croaker and it was a biggie - 27"
Topaz jetty this morning off the surf, Carolina rig 3/4oz weight using sand crab on a #4 mosquito hook.

View attachment 159949

I have never seen a spotfin croaker that big. That is a TOAD! Congrats on that monster!!

 

[surfMOMster]

Bonus footage of the battle to be viewed on the Surfline cam rewind from this morning. Stocked!

 

[surfer57]

Annual dive trip to Block with a quick offshore run with good weather last week. Put the beat down on some yellowfin. Don't tell anyone we were within ear shot of a current wind project going in. Whales, dolphins and birds like you wouldn't believe.

 

[wedge2]

Carolina rig is goat rig for anything under 50 lbs - nice croaker!

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Annual dive trip to Block with a quick offshore run with good weather last week. Put the beat down on some yellowfin. Don't tell anyone we were within ear shot of a current wind project going in. Whales, dolphins and birds like you wouldn't believe.

Damn that's a good grade fish. Must have given you hell on that spinner

 

[Hump]

We have a few Tyee being registered this year and here's a couple of them.
All in the 30 pound range so far.

The last photo is of the 45 pounder I rowed Aaron to back 10 years ago.
Haven't been any that big since.
Note 61 on board. Biggest one in 30 years, naturally during the year when I got my big one.
Not a terribly flattering photo of me but it's the fish that matters.















Take care.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Damn Hump!

 

[surfer57]

Damn that's a good grade fish. Must have given you hell on that spinner

Fun fight but not too terrible. That's a 10000 Stella on a jigging rod rated up to 350g so I could put the screws to the fish a bit. There were 100lbs+ bluefin mixed in though and that would have been a different story.

 

[hackeysaky]

Met up with some old friends this weekend. Family and neighbors eating well for the next few days.



Chased what I thought were Spanish Mackerel for a bit in the kayak, turned out to be Bonito. Not bad on the grill with teriyaki glaze, but would love to try them marinated and smoked.

 

[wedge2]

A few from the Chesapeake Bay recently. Kept two cobia (hooked probably 8), a bunch of spanish. Live spot and eels were working for the cobia, lost a massive one at the boat...Also put the crab pots out in the creek for a Sunday feast.

 

[hackeysaky]

A few from the Chesapeake Bay recently. Kept two cobia (hooked probably 8), a bunch of spanish. Live spot and eels were working for the cobia, lost a massive one at the boat...Also put the crab pots out in the creek for a Sunday feast.

View attachment 161069

Jealous! I lost a good size cobia off my yak last year and have been on the hunt for redemption since.

 

[wedge2]

Jealous! I lost a good size cobia off my yak last year and have been on the hunt for redemption since.

That's a goal of mine...We have to knock them out once they get on board (see the mini bat, we have since moved up to my unc's wood Louisville slugger from the 70s) - can't imagine in a kayak...here for it though!

 

[mundus]

That's a goal of mine...We have to knock them out once they get on board (see the mini bat, we have since moved up to my unc's wood Louisville slugger from the 70s) - can't imagine in a kayak...here for it though!

Used to use something called an ugly billy by Shakespeare for aggro fish, worked well.