ACC Media Day, Oct 29

[CuseTroop]

Yeah I can't imagine he'd go for 1/10 of his time spent fishing and the other 9/10 drinking. Maybe though, you never know!

I'll for sure bring that option up tho lol

 

[HoustonCuse]

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  ACC basketball head coaches pose for a photo at #ACCmediaday.

Larranaga is well over 8 feet tall!! Somebody call Rothstein!!

 

[AlaskaSU]

Dude for real. We need to make this happen. A day in Seward, a day in Valdez (Not sure if he will be down with spending that whole day in the bar like you were tho) and finish it up with the Klutina. I now have a new life goal.

482-pound halibut caught near Glacier Bay
Fish was harpooned, shot, so no go for record
Posted: July 11, 2014 - 12:00am

(Photos by Devin Brown/Alaskan Anglers Inn)
Capt. Rye Phillips stands next to the 95-inch, 482-pound halibut he helped Jack McGuire catch July 3 near Gustavus, Alaska.

By ANDY MARTIN
FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
GUSTAVUS — A Southern California man caught a giant Pacific halibut near Gustavus last week that rivals the sportfishing world record.

Jack McGuire, of Anaheim, was fishing with Captain Rye Phillips aboard the Icy Rose on July 3 when he hooked and landed a 95-inch, 482-pound halibut near the mouth of Glacier Bay.

The “barn door” halibut would challenge the 459-pound International Game Fish Association world record caught in 1996 by Jack Tragis if it had not been shot and harpooned.

McGuire, 77, was fishing out of Alaskan Anglers Inn, in Gustavus, for the July 4 holiday week. Phillips took McGuire and three other passengers aboard his charter boat to one of his favorite big fish spots in Icy Strait, near Lemesurier Island, in about 130 feet of water.

The giant halibut hit an octopus fished just off the bottom. It took off on a long run after the size 16/0 Eagle Claw circle hook dug in before McGuire was able to ease it off the ocean floor, thanks mainly to the two-speed Shimano TLD II 30 reel he was using. After a 30-minute give-and-take battle, Phillips spotted the halibut below the boat and let McGuire know it was legal size. In Southeast Alaska, anglers on charter boats can keep one halibut per day as long as it is less than 44 inches, or more than 76 inches.

“It was giant,” Phillips said. “We knew right away it was over 76 inches, but we didn’t know it was going to be bigger than the world record.”

Like he does with all big halibut that anglers decide to keep, Phillips subdued the fish with a .410 shotgun, then harpooned it. Most guides kill the giant halibut before bringing them onto their boats because of how dangerous they are if flopping on the deck. Some anglers have been seriously injured by trophy-size halibut.

Phillips and two of the other customers used gaff hooks to pull the mammoth halibut over the side of the boat. At first, the fish’s gills got stuck on the rail, but they were able to drag the halibut aboard after a second attempt.

Phillips immediately measured the fish, letting him know it was a potential world record. Unfortunately, the fish does not qualify because it was shot and harpooned. Phillips also assisted McGuire by grabbing the line and lifting on the rod during the battle.

McGuire caught the halibut on 100-pound-test Tuf Line and a 240-pound nylon leader. Phillips had rigged the rods with heavy gear because he was targeting trophy-size fish that day.

The massive halibut drew quite a crowd at the Gustavus dock. Dozens of people gathered to see the fish hoisted up for photographs before Phillips filleted it for McGuire. The halibut yielded nearly 200 pounds of boneless, skinless fillets.

Just a week earlier, Phillips, who played baseball at Western Oregon University and lives in Brookings, Ore. during the winter, got a customer into a 275-pound halibut.

Gustavus, located 45 miles west of Juneau, is a relatively unknown halibut hot spot. It typically has the largest average size of halibut caught in Alaska, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game statistics, and the small charter fleet fishing out of the Gustavus dock brings in dozens of 200-plus-pound fish each season. Steve Brown, owner of Alaskan Anglers Inn, said each week many customers catch halibut topping 100 pounds. Last year, when anglers could keep halibut 68 inches or bigger, which weigh roughly 165 pounds or more, anglers fishing at his lodge landed more than 50 of the trophy-size fish. More than two dozen of those were more than 200 pounds, including five topping 300 pounds.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Icy Straight seen from Gustavus Dock. I shot this picture less than 3 months ago. This is where the big ones have to be shot in the head before coming on board. When I first got to AK, I fished commercially in Icy Straight and Cross Sound and all over SE AK. If JB wants fish he could do worse than this, and there is a 9 hole regulation golf course in the village. You put your green fees in a bucket if the owner is not around. I bought a spread here but am a year away from building.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

482-pound halibut caught near Glacier Bay
Fish was harpooned, shot, so no go for record
Posted: July 11, 2014 - 12:00am

(Photos by Devin Brown/Alaskan Anglers Inn)
Capt. Rye Phillips stands next to the 95-inch, 482-pound halibut he helped Jack McGuire catch July 3 near Gustavus, Alaska.

By ANDY MARTIN
FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
GUSTAVUS — A Southern California man caught a giant Pacific halibut near Gustavus last week that rivals the sportfishing world record.

Jack McGuire, of Anaheim, was fishing with Captain Rye Phillips aboard the Icy Rose on July 3 when he hooked and landed a 95-inch, 482-pound halibut near the mouth of Glacier Bay.

The “barn door” halibut would challenge the 459-pound International Game Fish Association world record caught in 1996 by Jack Tragis if it had not been shot and harpooned.

McGuire, 77, was fishing out of Alaskan Anglers Inn, in Gustavus, for the July 4 holiday week. Phillips took McGuire and three other passengers aboard his charter boat to one of his favorite big fish spots in Icy Strait, near Lemesurier Island, in about 130 feet of water.

The giant halibut hit an octopus fished just off the bottom. It took off on a long run after the size 16/0 Eagle Claw circle hook dug in before McGuire was able to ease it off the ocean floor, thanks mainly to the two-speed Shimano TLD II 30 reel he was using. After a 30-minute give-and-take battle, Phillips spotted the halibut below the boat and let McGuire know it was legal size. In Southeast Alaska, anglers on charter boats can keep one halibut per day as long as it is less than 44 inches, or more than 76 inches.

“It was giant,” Phillips said. “We knew right away it was over 76 inches, but we didn’t know it was going to be bigger than the world record.”

Like he does with all big halibut that anglers decide to keep, Phillips subdued the fish with a .410 shotgun, then harpooned it. Most guides kill the giant halibut before bringing them onto their boats because of how dangerous they are if flopping on the deck. Some anglers have been seriously injured by trophy-size halibut.

Phillips and two of the other customers used gaff hooks to pull the mammoth halibut over the side of the boat. At first, the fish’s gills got stuck on the rail, but they were able to drag the halibut aboard after a second attempt.

Phillips immediately measured the fish, letting him know it was a potential world record. Unfortunately, the fish does not qualify because it was shot and harpooned. Phillips also assisted McGuire by grabbing the line and lifting on the rod during the battle.

McGuire caught the halibut on 100-pound-test Tuf Line and a 240-pound nylon leader. Phillips had rigged the rods with heavy gear because he was targeting trophy-size fish that day.

The massive halibut drew quite a crowd at the Gustavus dock. Dozens of people gathered to see the fish hoisted up for photographs before Phillips filleted it for McGuire. The halibut yielded nearly 200 pounds of boneless, skinless fillets.

Just a week earlier, Phillips, who played baseball at Western Oregon University and lives in Brookings, Ore. during the winter, got a customer into a 275-pound halibut.

Gustavus, located 45 miles west of Juneau, is a relatively unknown halibut hot spot. It typically has the largest average size of halibut caught in Alaska, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game statistics, and the small charter fleet fishing out of the Gustavus dock brings in dozens of 200-plus-pound fish each season. Steve Brown, owner of Alaskan Anglers Inn, said each week many customers catch halibut topping 100 pounds. Last year, when anglers could keep halibut 68 inches or bigger, which weigh roughly 165 pounds or more, anglers fishing at his lodge landed more than 50 of the trophy-size fish. More than two dozen of those were more than 200 pounds, including five topping 300 pounds.

200 pounds of fillets of halibut. He'd be my wife's best friend.

That's nearly $3,600 worth of fish. I wonder what he paid for that excursion.

CuseTroop we need to go here next time as well.