Halibut Fishing, Day Two

Longlining is simple in it's most elemental terms.  Throw out a buoy, let out enough buoy line for the depth of the water, and afix an anchor.  Then space out hooks every so often that are baited with something appetizing for the fish you wish to catch.  Then add another anchor, more buoy line, and finally the second buoy.  There you have it - you're fishing.

The buoy is out!

Let out the line!

Aw shucks.  The day is so bright you can hardly see the line stretching out behind the boat.  Fabian and Greg are baiting hooks and snapping on gangions as the line goes out. 

The best thing is the ocean.  It's flat calm.  Nice.

Now we'll set another 700 hooks.




One of the reasons I like longlining is that you can do something else while the hooks are (hopefully) catching.

So off we went to the beach for some beachcombing.

  

We walked for longer than I thought.  You can see the boat at anchor in the distance.







 

Time to anchor up.  Nice little anchorage, huh?  Too bad it's called "Murder Cove."  Makes you think.