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The photo section
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Photos of various fish and sizes
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The following photos are located in various
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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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