VIDEO: 45 Pound halibut caught
It was another beautiful day in Bandon when we left the docks at 6am. The waves over the bar were small and rolling and we set off to catch that deep-water pancake known as the Pacific Halibut aboard the Prowler owned by Prowler Charters.
When we got out to the place known as the high spot we were there with 6 or 7 other boats trying to catch the same thing, a monster halibut.
Starting in about 550 feet of water to nearly 750 we drift down the hill with a 3 pound ball of lead and a nice juicy 10 inch squid.
Our first drift we only got one small halibut about 15 pounds or so. After resetting we started the drift again. I hear someone say there’s a big one hooked up on the bow.
Since I was there primarily to film people catching halibut I set my rod in the holder and head up front. It turns out there are 2 up front. The first is a big blue shark which I filmed first (SEE VIDEO HERE).
After that I start to film this guy as he pulls on a pretty good sized halibut. After another 4 minutes or so he had it landed. It was somewhere between 45 – 50 pounds.
The halibut put up a pretty good fight and from over 600 feet this guy really had his work cut out for him.
Video courtesy of: ProwlerCharters.com
