Brown Bombers (Duskys) and Black Bass it is then.
Got a deep-water release last year and used it a few times. Wife hates to see "floaters"
Everyone fishing deep water/rocks should be required to use them, IMO. Especially the charters. Several years ago I was on a Montegue Island halibut trip out of Seward. Charter captain had no care for the yelloweye we were catching, and we had a long line of floaters drifting out behind for the birds.
After I had my first yelloweye, caught between my 2nd and third halibut (released as too small), I caught 2 more yellow eye(wasted floaters) and kept the next two small halibut, and quit, pissing off Captain Bligh..
The others kept fishing, killing and wasting maybe 20 yelloweye in addition to their single keeper.
If I go on another such charter, the boat WILL have and use a deep release device, or I won't charter that boat.
