I'll just say what we lost right at the boat (after a fairly long fight with what we initially thought was a big spring) with me holding the gaff in my hand already could've been nominated as a real King of Starry flounders lol.
With so many boats out and not a single report of that kind of bycatch, this probably means nothing - just one of those random stories that people get them in this part of Georgia strait once in awhile...
The sablefish caught twice in a row here makes me wonder though...