Commercial Halibut 2012

hey skipper Louie here throwing the buoy okay put her in gear circle it all right there you go throw some line out oh here I got a measure we're fishing water anywhere from 150 to 400 feet deep we're throwing the buoy out and then an acre all right get me some hooks ready to lay out okay so this is what we do wrap this like this and we get that we put a little half hitch and we hook the anchor to it put it on there Skippy give her a toss whoo there we go we're fishing and then these guys hand me up we get the anchor to the bottom so we need to hook the tub together let me let me go ahead and hook the tub here that's fun miss Dora oh I put it up in here snap it on like that throw it overboard haha usually I'm going okay helium carabiner alright Uriel lined out hey Louie hand me hook so I don't have to keep moving out with a camera for now Hannah we will set our gear out in that is stored in garbage cans so that we can move it in and out of the cabin to get our weight forward fully stretched out the line will reach five to six miles in length on the bottom of the ocean we use octopus Cod no red salmon for bait we'll set about eight hundred hooks in two to three hours time so when we're ready to pick up you we will start at a buoy pick it up to the anchor and then begin picking fish which you are about to see here soon the hydraulic ran off a small auxiliary motor which causes quite a noise on deck so we all wear ear muffs our anchors are using buddy they get a good scrubbing on when they hit the deck so anytime after this we can start catching fish I usually have one person next to me that grabs the hooks and takes the bait off and hangs them in a rack to be kept commercially parlament need to be at least 32 inches long fish that are close are measured with marks that we have on the side rail underneath his guilt Hey blammo whoa and colleges in the lineup is he the line with all the excitement who whoo well you there is one pot all right here we go Seiden Arvid you think you're fresh enough today mr. Lehman comment yummy helpful I think

Channel: Len Fabich

Views: 2,359,206

Rating: 4.2243552 out of 5

Keywords: Fabich, Commercial, Halibut, Fishing, Len, Alaska, Homer, Commercial Halibut, longline, seafood

Id: 02Jk_4jqZW0

Length: 10min 13sec (613 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 21 2012