Great day on the water!!

Hey all

Just got back from a day of fishing with my wife, son, and a couple of friends and had a fabulous time.

We went out through Skidegate Narrows to the West Coast of Haida Gwaii. The weather was perfect! No wind to speak of and a gentle low westerly swell, heck it was even sunny! Anyways we started off trolling for salmon and caught half a dozen in the 20 to 30 lb. range with little effort.

Then we decided to try a little bottom fishing, it was slow at first but then we decide to try a new spot and hit the jack pot! Lots of Black Rockfish and Ling Cod. My 5 yo son even managed to land a 20lb Ling which had attacked the Rockfish he had hooked, all on a little spinning rod that isn't much more than a toy!

Man what a day. Oh yea we managed to land a 35 lb halibut too.

http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff465/Mike_Robinson/11/

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Sounds like a great time. Yeah, that's some serious bait your son is using!

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mike64 said:

Sounds like a great time. Yeah, that's some serious bait your son is using!

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Thanks Mike. Ling Cod are very agressive!

When I used to guide years ago, I've seen as many as 4 ling cod brought in on one line. They glom on to a struggling fish and just won't let go!

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You have a lovely looking family and looks like all were having fun.Its fun when that happens.

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Cool pic, sounds like you definetly hit the fishy jackpot!!!

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Thanks puddle and rbh. Guess what we had for dinner tonight?

Yum!