We had a great weekend! Fishing was fantastic. Saturday was a little rough, and 3/4 of our boat was puking on the ride out, and most of the day.I was blessed with no sickness this weekend, just pure fun! We hammered rock fish, and limited on Lings Saturday. I was excited to get my biggest ling on this trip. I got two well over 30''. Sunday, the ocean was a lot better. I let a fish eat my bait for a bit, reeled down and raised the rod...oh man! Fish on! This halibut fought like a champ! Sure did not want to come up, peeled off a good bit of line more than once. It was my goal to fight my halibut with rod in hand the whole way up. Folks kept saying put the rod in the rod holder, its easier to crank!....my battle cry was "my armpit is my rod holder!" Got him up, gaffed and in the boat. Pretty good one for WA. It appeared to be way above average and possibly the biggest on our boat. I was blessed. Boat had all its halibut by 0930 and we went and hammered Lings in 500fow. Great day! Starfire is an excellent boat and crew, one of the best in Westport for sure. I'll post a pic, but dont make fun of the look on my face with the halibut, its hard to hold a fish that big up for the camera and look cool at the same time! Also, I'm 6'3" 310lbs for reference.
