REALLY Big Halibutt, would you keep it?
 

Most likely

You could probably use the parasitc worms in it as bait they'd be so big :D

Hell yeah I would, that's food for the whole year!

Gonna have to say keep. Not a record. Far from it as the record is like 450lbs+. My fish!!

nope. i'd figure out how to get a good pic though and then release it. a couple 40-60 lbers would be ideal.

Yea not to sure if I would keep it or not, especially With a free fishing trip if I let it go.

Tis better keeping the leviathans' genes in the ocean...

agreed, release and get another trip pulling on fish. snap a picture and say goodbye

If I dropped serious $$ on an Alaskan fishing trip you better believe I'm keeping it.

As a good friend once said "this is a kill boat"

If I spent big bucks getting up to alaska I'd keep it - Unless that free trip was the very next day, or while I was still up there. In that case I'd take the trip and bring home smaller fillets...

If it was the first day of a week long trip I might cut it loose and keep several smaller fish later in the trip. It would also depend on if I even had storage space for some thing like that.

I've heard folks say that the bigger pacific halibut are not the best to eat but when I was working AK one of our guys landed a 180 lb-er and I was delicious.

Mike

people say that about big lobsters too, sounds like standard fishing code for "i catch dinks and this is my justification"

Alaskan halibut is $29 per lb,,,definately keep it...over 400lbs yea keep it also...:drool5:

yeah so you have $12,000 worth of fish getting freezer burn or better yet, NOT IN YOUR FREEZER. i bed he either took 50lb of meat and justified the kill by giving the rest away to a shelter or he tried to have it processed and frozen and will lose 75% of the meat in the end anyways.


I've caught a lot of big fish, and released 99% of them. might just be me but I'd rather have a smaller, more manageable amount of meat and a wall full of trophy pics. then again, I'm just in it for the sport and use most peoples dinner for bait.

NOT true lowprofile my good friend and distinguished Senator from Florida
 

true if you fileted it and threw them in 1 gallon ziploc freezer bags

The properly frozen halibut filets from Alaska Charter Companies last 2 years and that fish would produce be about 120lbs of filet. The trips retail cost $3000-5000/person depending on the company and package if you want to fly-in a float plane. You usually go with friends and you can split that BIG catch. The freezer is full all year long -I have been 5 times and not 1 filet went bad... check out my San Diego Sports Magazine trip pictures here www.flickr.com/sdhuntfish/sets This year we did catch a 225 lb halibut and split it. check out the pictures taylor charters 2013..They had a slot limit the last 2 years under 45 inches are chickens and over 65 is the top slot - Maybe some day we can go when I get another set of discount trips in the future...:sifone:

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