Sunday June 25 – Day 23 of trip – king salmon fish
Petersburg with Craig Curtiss – written by Erik
We went fishing with Craig Curtis today on a guided Halibut
and Salmon trip. Shane stayed back so Amanda could fish, and just
conveniently that let him hit the Salmon hole we had found the day before... ;)
So it’s just me, Curtis, and 3 kids, and some of them don't do mornings.
I'm not sure just what to say about the experience since we did catch a lot of
halibut, but it missed expectations on our part due to several
circumstances. It’s not easy being a guide but, it’s hard to not want it
all when you’re a customer too.
These were the many things I learned:
Halibut are big fighters but they roam at 200+ ft down
giving you Popeye arm even if you’re just re-baiting after a hook thieving
- A 12 year old with a sizable Halibut hooked looks like the wind was just knocked out of them on retrieve
- Halibut eat like hungry 13 year old boys with a bag of beef jerky
- Trolling for Salmon after lunch can put everyone in the boat to sleep except the guide
- We didn't miss anything while trolling, we could have played cards that day and caught the same number of salmon
- Shane caught the same number of river Salmon we did but didn't get to sleep or play cards
- Craig Curtis does own several knives, but he does not filet your fish. Shane and I do the carving, but badly and with a poor attitude...
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| nice hali and Matt! |
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| successful halibut trip! |
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| how the heck do you fillet this thing? |
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