I got to go fishing and camping with a friend of mine, Jasper, whose dad owns a boat. We went a few miles North to a spot known as Nakwasina. Before we went to the camping spot we put some Halibut skates down. The halibut skate consisted of a long rope with a couple of anchors. The anchors drop down to the bottom (about 450 ft) and the bait lie in the middle of the two anchors. We let it sit for a while as we went to set up camp and wandered around the beach and the woods.
When we came back to bring up the skate we pulled up many eel. The last hook had a halibut on it and we were very happy. That night for dinner we ate halibut. I got a share of the halibut to take home and I ate halibut for the next few nights. I enjoyed it very much. It was also really nice to get out of town for awhile and camp out on the island.
The halibut skate all ready to go
yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
ReplyDeletewhat do you do with the eels? throw em back in?
Your pictures are beautiful! It is also interesting to see how to catch halibut.
ReplyDeleteYes, throw em back in. They are very disgusting things. You should google image search "wolf eels."
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