Halibut Fishing

4 of us borrowed a boat after work and took it out into Unalaska Bay to do some Halibut fishing. It was extremely foggy at 7pm so we tried to stay within sight of shore as we navigated out to the bay. Once we got out into the open water we baited up and dropped our lines. Somehow I got stuck with the shoddy reel that wouldn't spin freely so I had to pull the line out - all 200 ft of it. However, I got a hit before the line reached the bottom on the first cast! I pulled up a decent sized cod, and it seemed to be a great start for the evening. Although as time wore on, it seemed to be the most action we would see. There were a bunch of porpoises swimming around, and we saw quite a few puffins, and the mountains covered if fog are always an amazing sight. After a while we moved to a new location and Gary, Stantec's field manager pulled in the first and only halibut of the night. It was a small one, but still put up a good fight. Overall it ended up being a great evening.

Pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mikeporter182/HalibutFishing#