Sharing Halibut and Groceries
April 7, 2020, Tuesday Today we headed out fishing again. Since we did not catch anything yesterday and nothing on Saturday we figured we should give it another try, and it turned out to be probably one of our most productive fishing trips ever. Yesterday had been quite drizzly, damp, and cold, and although today was still cold, the sun was out for the most part and we were much happier and warmer drifting in the sunshine. Mt. Caro Marion (the mountain that we are making the trail to) The breeze was blowing up from the south and the tide was ebbing, but it was near slack current. We were being blown gently along on a near perfect drift when I caught a nice-sized fish. It fought some on the way up, and when it came to the surface it was a nice little halibut, 28.5” long. Yay! This was the second halibut that I have caught on the jig, and we were both surprised that it came for my jig instead of...