My son Matt with our 1st halibut of the season. 52lbs
Caught in the strait of Juan de Fuca on the Olympic Peninsula
in NW Washington.

good eats ,right there
What's the rig/bait for those brutes?

We use big herring. About 8 or 9 inches long. 2 9/0 hooks, must be barbless. Lately we just anchor up in our spot, and drop our bait to the bottom. We got 2 this morning. This one and another that went 28 lbs. Back at it in the morning. Our season consists of 11 days for the whole year. Got to get them while we can.

Some good eats! Congratulations on the catch and good luck the rest of the season.

Yum. Yum!

Congrats!

Love that size! Get those babies while you can, I usually do the same for about a week and a half while I go remote. We did good this year and I got my fish for the year in 2 trips. They love those herring!

Nice! That looks like fun! Thanks for sharing the picture and good luck with the rest of the short season.

Well we went today and it was a bust. No fish. Beutiful day, but a minus tide makes it tough to get down and keep your bait on the bottom. Hopefully next weekend will be good.

Brant

Nice fish your boy got!

You guys running out of Port A?

Yeah we are running out of Port Angeles. Been fishing just west of here.

Brant

11 day season? Bummer! At least you are getting on some fish. 1 fish/pp/pd limit?

Got my shakedown cruise in this wknd. Will need to get serious on the kings here soon. June thru August are for 'butts.

yeah. 1 fish/pp/pd limit. They break the season up so we have 2 days the 1st weekend, 2 days the 2nd weekend, 4 days the 3rd weekend and 3 days the 4th weekend. Having had shoulder surgery back in Jan. I'm not back to work yet so we can take advantage of the whole season. They let the tribes come in and long before they opened it for us(even let them long line the day before we opened) so it's not as good as it could be, but we take what we can get.

Brant