On Friday Mark, Kelly, Jon, and I went halibut fishing off the Homer spit. The boat ride took about a hour and a half. Once at our fishing location, we got set up with a rod and reel and our adventure began. The hooks for catching halibut are a good size and the bait is a chunk of salmon meat. We dropped our lines into the water about 180-220 feet deep at which point the bait hits bottom. We then cranked the reel a few times and waited for the bite. Halibut are not easy to reel in. They are a big fish and after reeling them in from that far down, my arm was exhausted. The biggest fish we caught was probably about 30 pounds. What amazes me is that people have caught 400+ pound halibut. All four of us caught our limit of two, suppling us with a good amount of meat.
On our way back to the Homer spit was spotted 2 or 3 pods of humpback whales. We could see their spouts in the distance. We were able to get very close to one pod of 4 humpbacks. They are enormous creatures and to think, we only saw a small portion of their bodies.
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