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.
As part of my previous post I told you I would have some videos from our fishing trip on Thursday. Because I was the one filming you won’t see me in the video, but if you like the video, who cares!
There are a few more videos that I didn’t see on here that can be seen on ProwlerCharters.com as I was using their camera to shoot these videos.
Yesterday I was fortunate to have picked the perfect day for tuna fishing off of the Oregon Coast.
The time was 5:30 am and the fog was still keeping the sun at bay. 10 anglers left bandon aboard the Prowler owned by Prowler Charters of Bandon. As we came across the bar there were rolling 4 foot swells and all was well.
By 7:15 the water temperature was around 62.5 degrees. We set 8 lines in the water and drew our numbers for the order we would land fish. I drew number 2 which means when number one catches his fish, I get the next one.
What a wonderful day yesterday was to be on the Oregon Coast.
Normally I let others post on this blog! (Thanks William and The Crew of the Harvester) but today I think I will share a bit.
Yesterday I just happened to get a chance to go out Halibut fishing on a charter boat out of Bandon (Prowler Charters). It all started about 5:30 am. I had a brand new Ugly Stick tiger rod and Penn reel with 1,800 feet of brand new line, warm clothes and a picnic lunch. All looked well.
We left under clear skies with a small swell breaking into the Jetty, things are definitely looking up!
An hour and a half later we are over a prime fishing spot (or so the Captain tells us). Turns out we are right. We are in nearly 600 feet of water and fishing with a 5 pound ball of lead and a nice, tasty chunk of squid.
