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I had a 7 day work trip to AK which turned into 6. Once I knew I had an open day I immediately booked a Halibut, King charter. The Cpt said it was the nicest day all year and only maybe two times a year is the weather so nice. It was smoother than the Gorge which coincidentally the Cpt has fished in the past. We slammed the halibut, very seldomly did we not have one biting, getting them to eat it was another story. We kept the biggest two which is the limit pet person, then went trolling for Kings which had lock jaw. Our group did catch one and it was an ivory meat fish (probably 15 lbs or so) which the guide said he only sees about two a year and they are tasty. It was a fantastic day and I feel lucky to have gotten to go and would encourage anyone who has the chance to go to do so. Our guide was very enjoyable and did a top notch job. His number is in the picture. We caught a lot more than what is in the picture, that's all the hooks he had to hang them on. We also caught several cod, he used then for bait but that's the biggest fish I landed. I did have a small halibut on which a big halibut tried eating (or a shark) that was fun for about 10 minutes until he spit the little halibut out. Surprisingly enough it wa food to release so we did. I'm going to try to attach a pic. Hope it works.
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Sounds like a fun trip, glad you were able to get out and give it a try, while you were there. How much was it a day fishing trip?
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It was 225 a person. All said and done, tipping out and vacuum packing the fish etc I gave them 320 dollars. I gave them $45.00 and $20.00 as a tip plus $1.00 per pound to vaccum seal it. I came home with about 30 lbs of halibut.
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My buddy in Portland just texted me a photo of halibut for 24.99 a pound. Retail that's $750.00's worth of halibut. Giddy up!
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I also fished the Kenai on Sunday the 19th, 1 22# salmon and lots of 20# range halibut.
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I think it would kill me to go to Alaska for a week and not get to fish. Glad you got out at least one day!
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Yea, I've noticed that the price of halibut has gone through the ceiling. Did you have to pay extra for the cooler on the flight back?
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I had it in a fish box with no insulation. They wanted to hit me an additional 125 for it. I had the fish vaccum sealed as well as in a big plastic bag. I pulled them out of the box and paid 25.00 overweight fee instead.
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