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Although I am still hopeful that I will get one more trip in December, I decided to compile my 2014 HIghlight Video when I was down with the flu.
What an amazing year. 2014 will go down in my memory as the “Year of the Halibut”. Part of this was forced by the King Salmon closure even in the saltwater to conserve the fish spawning in the streams of Cook Inlet. Fortunately, the feeder kings I targeted this year originate much further south of this area.
I am not sure if the halibut really were larger or if the more focused effort paid dividends, but the halibut I caught this year in Lower Cook Inlet averaged twice as large as the past several years. I know of another kayaker who this year managed a 100 plus pound halibut. That’s the second 100 pound plus halibut I have heard of being caught from a kayak in Cook Inlet over the past several years.
A goal in 2015 is to add to the diversity of my fishing. I have always fished number one to fill my parent’s and my freezers full of some of the best renewable resource protein you could ever hope to eat. We eat fish 2 often 3 times per week. My parents eat it more! We are lucky to live in Alaska. However when focusing on Halibut and King Salmon, I often overlook the hundreds if not thousands of opportunities within driving distance.
Another goal is to get back to Kodiak and try and see if we can find some big kings and maybe a few halibut on the side. I am also looking forward to chasing a few big lingcod and trying out a few more new “super secret projects”...lol.
Finally, I’m hoping to add another dimension to the videos I present in 2015. I am not quite sure what exactly that means. Underwater Videos? More “How To’s”? Still open to ideas!!!
It’s not the fanciest video but given it was done on a low end iMac running free software and free royalty-free music its actually amazing what you can do.
So without any further adieu… My 2014 Fishing Highlights. It’s 17 minutes long so grab some popcorn and a beer. It goes in chronological order so you can watch in more manageable chunks if it gets too boring! Thanks everyone for your support!
What an amazing year. 2014 will go down in my memory as the “Year of the Halibut”. Part of this was forced by the King Salmon closure even in the saltwater to conserve the fish spawning in the streams of Cook Inlet. Fortunately, the feeder kings I targeted this year originate much further south of this area.
I am not sure if the halibut really were larger or if the more focused effort paid dividends, but the halibut I caught this year in Lower Cook Inlet averaged twice as large as the past several years. I know of another kayaker who this year managed a 100 plus pound halibut. That’s the second 100 pound plus halibut I have heard of being caught from a kayak in Cook Inlet over the past several years.
A goal in 2015 is to add to the diversity of my fishing. I have always fished number one to fill my parent’s and my freezers full of some of the best renewable resource protein you could ever hope to eat. We eat fish 2 often 3 times per week. My parents eat it more! We are lucky to live in Alaska. However when focusing on Halibut and King Salmon, I often overlook the hundreds if not thousands of opportunities within driving distance.
Another goal is to get back to Kodiak and try and see if we can find some big kings and maybe a few halibut on the side. I am also looking forward to chasing a few big lingcod and trying out a few more new “super secret projects”...lol.
Finally, I’m hoping to add another dimension to the videos I present in 2015. I am not quite sure what exactly that means. Underwater Videos? More “How To’s”? Still open to ideas!!!
It’s not the fanciest video but given it was done on a low end iMac running free software and free royalty-free music its actually amazing what you can do.
So without any further adieu… My 2014 Fishing Highlights. It’s 17 minutes long so grab some popcorn and a beer. It goes in chronological order so you can watch in more manageable chunks if it gets too boring! Thanks everyone for your support!
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