Alaska Rainbow Trout Fishing
Ketchikan
Located in Southeast Alaska, Ketchikan is a favorite Alaska
Fishing destination. Popular with locals and visitors
alike, picturesque Ketchikan is a great spot for your Alaska Fishing Adventure.
A Big Fish Story
By Garry Gamber
Ketchikan, located in southeast Alaska, is a good place to fish
for halibut. Sally and John Balch live in Ketchikan and have a
favorite spot nearby to halibut fish. It’s a secret spot, so
don’t ask where it is.
The Balches were fishing there one Sunday and having good luck
landing cod and halibut, so they decided to stop about
mid-morning. Sally started pulling in her gear and felt a tug on
the line.
It was more than a tug, really. Sally said that she thought she
had snagged the bottom of the ocean. Sally reeled in the line
with all her strength, tired, and turned the rod over to her
husband.
John and Sally fought the halibut over the course of the next
hour. They reeled it to the surface three times, but each time
the halibut regained strength and swam back down to the bottom
of the ocean.
After more than an hour the tired Balches were successful in
subduing the halibut, and after another hour were able to bring
the halibut into their boat.
Back in Ketchikan the Balches towed their boat over to the local
lumber yard where John works and used the fork lift to unload
the halibut from their boat. A crowd gathered to listen to
repeated tales of the adventure, and the Balches filleted the
fish and gave away pieces to anyone who wanted a piece.
They had plenty. The halibut was 7 feet long and weighed 323
pounds. And Sally caught the large halibut with a bargain $39
Penn rod and reel combo.
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Garry Gamber is a public school teacher and entrepreneur. He
writes articles about real estate, health and nutrition, and
internet dating services. He is the owner of http://www.Anchorage-Homes.com
and http://www.TheDatingAdvisor.com.
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