June 23 , Day 38, Homer Nice.

Lana, Chuck, and Mike took a Halibut fishing excursion,  and of course it was on a boat, so I stayed home with Dorothy.  I like my Aunt Dorothy, she gives me lots of treats!
The first thing they did was catch their bait which practically jumped in their boat.  It took about 5 minutes to catch a cooler full of bait fish (foot long bait fish).  On the 3 hour trip to the "spot" chuck took a picture of a mama otter and her baby.  Cute!

Chuck bringing in a big one!

He had a very strong girl hold up his halibut for him.

All 80 pounds of it!  (BTW, they shoot the halibut with a 38 before they land it in the boat, because they are dangerous thrashing around and can actually kill you.)

They were all each allowed a big one and one small one (had to be less than 28 inches).  And, yes, Lana caught her 2 but didn't understand the rules so kept a small big one and her little one.  Those are cod below, which they probably caught 50 of them but threw them back or cut them up for bait.  Lana wanted to keep 2 for eating right away.  The halibut will will be shipped overnight to Helena for a premium price. 

Hold your tail high and keep it a waggin'

Jack