Forever Family fun: Fishing in Alaska

Rebecca and Dad went on the ultimate daddy-daughter date this week~ fishing in Alaska. They had a ton of fun fishing, hiking, and relaxing.

The ultimate highlight of the trip happened Friday at around 5:00. They had caught lots of Salmon and decided to try fishing for halibut. Halibut are bottom feeding fish and usually you don't catch big ones unless you are in a bigger chartered boat. They were just in a little skiff which is not a very big boat. Well my dad rigged up a halibut pole with salmon line and they waited.

Then they got a bite. They went to work to get the fish into the boat, and then my dad realized they had a problem. As they were reeling it felt like they were pulling up a big wet mattress. My dad worked at it for a while and then gave Bec the pole so he could figure out what they were going to do. So Bec held this enormous fish while my dad sat to think. He was worried about it breaking Bec's legs after they got it in the boat, so they decided to let it die before they tried to pull it in. They finally got a second hook in the fish and then they pulled it up and cut its gills so it would bleed to death. Finally after over an hour of working they got the fish into the boat. When they got back to the lodge one of the deck hands saw what they had caught and couldn't believe it. He called everyone over to see what they had caught. They weighed the fish and it was 106 pounds. The record for the biggest halibut caught out of a skiff before that was 58 pounds. They got their pictures taken and their name went on the record board. No one could believe that Dad and Bec really caught that fish. Dad of course had a great time, and he said Bec was just grinning from ear to ear. We are glad they had fun, but also glad to have them home again.