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Things to do today. Catch 7-foot halibut. Done.
Posted by Michael Rollins, The Oregonian June 27, 2008 06:57AM
Categories: Puget Sound
Even if all you've done is go to a trout farm, this one has to call out to you. The Anchorage Daily News reports on a Napa, Calif., retired cop who pulled in a 7 foot 3 inch, 319 pound halibut.
Fishing with lifelong friend Terry Gonsalves aboard the Grande Alaska to celebrate his retirement from the Napa Police Department in California, it was Berg's 319.6-pound humdinger, landed on a king salmon rod rigged with 40-pound-test line, that truly got the party started.
"It was just lucky, lucky, lucky," Berg said by cell phone from Soldotna. "This was an experience of a lifetime."
Luck? Maybe. But reeling in a monster flatfish on 40-pound test in about 45 minutes required Berg to show off some special fishing skills too. The 7-foot-4, 319.6-pound halibut is taller but slightly lighter than NBA star Shaquille O'Neal (7-1, 325).
"It was pretty epic," said captain Mike Schmahl by cell phone from Seward. "Forty-pound test on a Kenai River salmon rod? I still don't believe it."
Posted by Michael Rollins, The Oregonian June 27, 2008 06:57AM
Categories: Puget Sound
Even if all you've done is go to a trout farm, this one has to call out to you. The Anchorage Daily News reports on a Napa, Calif., retired cop who pulled in a 7 foot 3 inch, 319 pound halibut.
Fishing with lifelong friend Terry Gonsalves aboard the Grande Alaska to celebrate his retirement from the Napa Police Department in California, it was Berg's 319.6-pound humdinger, landed on a king salmon rod rigged with 40-pound-test line, that truly got the party started.
"It was just lucky, lucky, lucky," Berg said by cell phone from Soldotna. "This was an experience of a lifetime."
Luck? Maybe. But reeling in a monster flatfish on 40-pound test in about 45 minutes required Berg to show off some special fishing skills too. The 7-foot-4, 319.6-pound halibut is taller but slightly lighter than NBA star Shaquille O'Neal (7-1, 325).
"It was pretty epic," said captain Mike Schmahl by cell phone from Seward. "Forty-pound test on a Kenai River salmon rod? I still don't believe it."