REALLY Big Halibutt, would you keep it?

[Sdspeed]

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/natur...pound-halibut/

[Raskal311]

Most likely

[Sdspeed]

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

[Smthtnnr]

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

[Cadillyak]

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

[lowprofile]

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

[easyday]

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

[PE.rider]

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

[roadx]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

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

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

[Dannowar]

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"

[Baja_Traveler]

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...

[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

[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"

[Old Man in the Sea]

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

[lowprofile]

Originally Posted by Old Man in the Sea

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

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.

[Old Man in the Sea]

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...

http://taylorchartersfishing.com/