Halibut fishing

Early Saturday morning, Sinkey picked up Kristen and me and drove us out to George Inlet lodge. We loaded up his boat with fishing supplies and started the 18 miles towards Point Alva. It was raining along the way, but Sinkey said he could tell by the weather patterns that it would be a sunny day for us. Once we got to Point Alva we dropped our anchor at 300 ft. Sure enough the rain stopped and the clouds started to clear. We each grabbed a fishing pole, dropped the line to the ocean floor, and began the wait for a bite. We caught 5 halibut (weighing between 15 - 20 lbs), 1 cod, 3 sharks, and a rat fish. Kristen and I alternated turns reeling in the fish and it is tough work reeling in halibut (they don't put up as much of a fight as King salmon, but still resist quite a bit). After about 7 hours of fishing we decided to call it a day and rode the hour back to the lodge. Sinkey filleted all of the fish (not including the 3 sharks and rat fish that we threw back) and vacuum sealed it all. Time to ship a box home to my lucky parents!