Of all our local fish, halibut is probably our favorite. This large deep-sea fish migrates to comparatively shallower waters in the summer months to hunt salmon. Because we fish more from shore than from boats, halibut is a rare treat. Prime fishing grounds are just off our beach, but we need calm seas and a good launching tide to get out to where we can drop a line.
A dazed fisherman displays his surprise catch from 2008. Wrong place, wrong tide, wrong gear, yet the family eats! Note the favored lure, a pink Buzzbomb. (Photo: Aly Zeiger.)
Haines Arpt., AK