Dispite the huge tide, Dad and I went for a day of Halibut. A little lumpy when we got to Middle Bank but we had a great downhill drift. I set dad up with a spreader bar,24oz weight, and a bubble gum hoochie over a purple label herring. I had the same set up, except I had a white hoochie. On the first drift,15 mins, dad is hooked up with a 12-15lb butt. First ever.(142 ft of water). On the third drift, again , dad is hooked up with a 12-15lbr (102ft water). Because of the lumps in the deep blue, we boated both fish and headed for protected waters to fish Lings. Would you believe, dad caught both lings, mooching herring in 35-90 ft. 15 and 16 llbs, both Personal bests for him. Now thats a way to take a father fishing. Oh , by the way, my catch consisted of a ling 18", and a copper rockfish, and i can't forget the ling that was 8" long. Same size as the baits we were using. Ha !! Sorry pictures are fuzzy, my camera phone is'nt the best but Swede told me to take more pictures.

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