The boat was rented out for an exclusive trip by Keith of Seward. Between him and his family there was a total of 31 fisherman. We turned east out of the bay and made way to Montague there was little wind and seas were glassy. Our first spot we dropped anchor on was a jagged rockpile in deep water that was sure to hold some Yellow Eye rock fish and some Halibut. Within the first hour we had landed 15 Yellow Eye and 5 other species of rock fish. We had yet to get a takedown from a Halibut so we pulled anchor at 11:15 and made way inshore to fish a bit shallower. We continued to chum and sure enough we got the Halibut to bite for a good two hours. 22 Halibut were caught with weight ranging from 15lbs-75lbs. By three it was time to limit the boat our so we travel 25 minutes to a more promising spot for a boat limit. By 5:15pm we limited out with 70 halibut in the boat.
It was a great day with a fun group of people. Sometimes it pays of to be patient…
FISH ON!!!
