DEEP SEA HALIBUT “FISHING” IN TOFINO
Last week, Allan and I finished eating the last of our Halibut fillets from last year’s fishing trip in Tofino. It reminded me I hadn’t put up any pictures of our fun fishing trip.
Warning: If you don’t like seeing where your food comes from, then this probably isn’t the most appealing post for you to read.
Last summer, a group of us got together for a fishing charter with Jay’s Clayoquot Ventures in Tofino.
Halibut is one of my all-time favourite foods, and Allan and I eat it just about every time we go camping in Tofino, so it seemed appropriate that we learned how to catch what we eat out there… and have a supply of our own, since Halibut is quite expensive to buy.
I put “fishing” in quotes because it really isn’t fishing when you go with a charter. Our guide was absolutely awesome, but I’ll be honest with you… he did pretty much all the work for us. All we had to do was reel in the fish. So it’s pretty much lazy man’s “fishing”. That being said, it was a super fun day to spend with friends out in the sun and the ocean, and try it out!
Allan’s sister Jessica came out to Tofino with us, all the way from Alberta! I think she had a blast. The boat was really nice, and fast! It still took us about an hour to get out of the marina in Tofino into the deep ocean. It was choppy and there were definitely one or two people feeling quite sick *cough* Allan *cough*.
Our guide was amazing. He would see a rod twitch and then got the rod started so the fish couldn’t get away. Here’s a picture of Trevor reeling in a fish.
A huge Halibut! I think Trev’s was the biggest (and first) catch of the day.
Allan reels one in…
Good catch!
Jess catches some too.
We caught our limit that day! 2 Halibut each for a total of 8 Halibut. Here I am looking very fish-like.
Our guide also cleaned and filleted all the fish in front of us on the dock. We had two whole coolers full of fish. Allan was a happy Birthday boy.
It was definitely a fish feast when we got back to camp that night!
I’d highly recommend it if you love to eat fish and are curious about fishing. Allan and I got our fish vacuum-packed at Trilogy Fish Store in Tofino, and we’ve basically been eating fish for the entire year! Delicious, Pacific Halibut… mmmmm!
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Plans for the weekend:
Time Traveler’s Wife tonight with Amy and Alissa… Golf Saturday morning with Allan, and then off to the Horse Races on Sunday with a big group of people with box seats, and getting ridiculously overdressed for the occasion with big hats and fancy dresses! Woohoo!
What are your plans for the weekend?
Tags: charter, Fish, fishing, Halibut, Jay's Clayoquot Ventures, ocean, Pacific, Tofino
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August 14th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Mmm, Halibut! It’s a favorite of mine, especially in a properly done english-style fisn ‘n chips dinner! That charter looked like a lot of fun, although it’s pretty much hands-off until it’s time to reel one in – I’d like to learn how to bait/cast the lines as well! Good that your guide took care of the cleaning stage though.
August 14th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Mmm I love fish and chips too!
Yes, the guide would have let us do the baiting/casting etc too if we wanted to… but everyone in the boat was happy to just be a wannabe fisherman and let him do most of the work. In retrospect, we should have gotten more involved but we were all had a little heatstroke, hangover and seasickness in us from the previous night
August 14th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Not sure why it is, but I grew out of liking eating fish.. Had to much of it for dinner when I was a kid.. Only fish I eat now is canned tuna and of course in cod in fish and chip style.
August 15th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Thanks for dropping in. Yiou have a great set of fishing pictures.
August 15th, 2009 at 10:22 am
That looks ridiculously delicious. Have a great time at the races. Dresses up in a fab dress and hat at the races might be one of my all time favourite summer activities.
August 15th, 2009 at 10:48 am
It must be fun fishing and learn some about. I love eat fish and the ocean, but here there’s any, so maybe someday I’ll go near to try.
I read on twitter that you started to see True Blood. I’m hooked with this since the past year.
Did you start since the beginning or the middle?
xxx
August 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Same Laura said.
I went with my father a lot of years when I was younger but I never tried.
It must be great when you get the fish out the water.
August 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
I never read before.. the photo must be the avatar, sorry.
August 16th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Fish and chips, FTW!
August 16th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
How much does it cost to get a charter like that? Just curious, because it seems like a great idea!
August 17th, 2009 at 7:23 am
It’s really neat to see you guys out there! Must be a neat feeling to catch your own dinner, and I’ll bet the freshness was AMAZING!