Homer Marina is huge
We had to be at the boat by 6:15 in the morning to get an early start on our day of Halibut fishing. Besides the 6 of us there were 9 others signed up for our charter on the Sundy. The morning was pleasantly warm and offered a beautiful sunrise. After our captain, Garrett, and deck hand, Jeremy, gave us our safety instructions we were off and going. We cruised along for over an hour before we got to our first fishing area. The water was around 200' deep in this area. The bad news at this point was that Joyce was seasick. But she's quite a trooper and loves to fish so even though she was in misery she was out there fishing with the rest of us. In fact I believe she was one of the first to catch a Halibut. Alaska fishing rules state that there is a limit of 2 Halibuts per license. One has to be over 29" long and the other under 29". Because of that Joyce and I each actually caught 4 or 5 Halibut each due to having our over 29" and not catching any under 29". It takes a long time to reel in a fish from 200' and it can be very tiresome.
Morning rush hour on the water as many charter boats head out fishing
Joyce has one on
Jeremy helps land her Halibut
The scenery was very beautiful
Joyce was finely feeling better and ended up catching the boats largest fish of the day
Steve & Leanne relaxing after having both caught their limits
My largest Halibut...but I had to throw it back due to already having my over 29
Everyone on the boat limited
Jeremy and Garrett filet our fish
We enjoyed seeing a few Humpback Whales along the way
We had a wonderful fishing trip and would recommend Ninilchik Charters to anyone. We fished in 200', 90' and 150' depths. The captain and first mate were lots of fun and worked hard to make sure we all had a great experience. It was an expensive outing but we all felt it was money well spent.
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