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In training to be an obedient master to my two labs
Shooting, fishing and hunting
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Great for a spear free diver, but as far as Halibut's go that is not really a big one.
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Helluva nice achievement.
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Doubt I could hold my breath that long. I have had a similar sized one on a line and it took 20 minutes to land it.
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The big ones live down around the 300 foot level. I was on a boat on Cook inlet when two were caught- - - -a 225 pounder and a 250. Dad caught a 60-pounder, and the called it a "minnow"! Jerry
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Did you catch this in the article? It's a record because it's the only recorded speargun killed halibut in AK. It could weight 5 lb and still be the record. The freediving instructor says it’s the first recorded Pacific halibut taken by speargun, and he expects the International Underwater Speafishing Assn. to approve the catch as a world record.
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Great pics and story. I was surprised that his halibut is the only one in the book. Other divers must have speared Pacific halibut, and not entered them.
I used to love to free dive for California halibut, a smaller species. The state record used to be 63 lbs. and the biggest I ever saw was 48 lbs. speared by a friend. We dived for lobster all winter and halibut all summer. I always wanted to dive northern waters for Pacific halibut but never did once we moved north and away from the coast.
Re how deep are halibut: I have speared them in four feet of water in the surf and many in 15 feet. That has always surprised fishermen who catch them in hundreds of feet of water. My opinion, which could be wrong, is that the bottom habitat is more important to a halibut than the depth. If the bottom is the kind a halibut likes, it is a good place to look for them no matter how deep or shallow, especially at certain times. Having said that, the odds of catching a really big one were better in deep water in my fishing experience.
In the early 70's, the limit was five halibut per day, and I got a limit twice. Got two or three several times. Pardon the reminiscing of a codger...
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