REALLY Big Halibutt, would you keep it?

[Dannowar]

Originally Posted by taggermike

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"