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Halibut twins!

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Salmon XL

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Salmon

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Salmon

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Stingrays!

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The Big One!

Fishing aboard Mad Dog Voyager is normally a relaxed event, however the infamous Moby Dick once in a while grabs the hook and takes off. That’s exactly what happened this day as Dean sat outside fishing in a light rain. Sitting on the sailboat roof, I said to Leo, “I’ll just drop it down for one last try”. As if on cue, the weighted hook and salmon bait barely hit bottom when suddenly “Bzzzzz…zzzzzzzzzz…zzzzzzzzz… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz” went the reel!!

Instantly, 100 – 150 – 200 ft of line had been pulled off the spool, bending the rod completely over. “WHOA!!!! We got something!!!!!” the words exploding from between my clenched teeth. Over an hour of pulling, reeling & coaxing this giant to the surface was interrupted by explosions of energy as another 40 – 50 – 60 ft of line were repeatedly pulled from the spool.

With sore arms and an aching back, we realized what we had caught once it broke the surface “It’s not a Halibut - it’s a whale!!” I cried out. As we moved aft towards to swim platform to land the giant, it was apparent that this wasn’t going to be a “normal” landing and haul-out of a fish.

Mad Dog Voyager tries to be as ecologically sound as possible. We know that the biggest fish are the females and normally we would cut the line at the hook and release a fish this large. However as soon as this giant Halibut broke the surface we realized that due to the location that the hook grabbed, there was both serious damage and considerable blood loss to the fish and it would not have survived had we released it.

Secured on a line, we used a block atop the mast and the electric windlass winch to hoist it up. Hanging from our mast was a 79” (2m) long and approximately 275 lb (125 kg) monster hanging as we formulated a plan for filleting our catch.

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