Fishing charters are very popular in all of Alaska. While we were in Seward we would walk to the wharf in the evening around 5:30 pm to watch as the boats came in with their catch. Every charter would weigh their catch. The bid white looking fish is halibut and the largest we seen weighted 289 lbs. Of course that fish was weighted alone,at that time the battery on our camera dies and we were not able to get a picture.One thing we learned about halibut is that they are a flat fish with one eye . the white side is the underside with no eye and the darker side has the eye. halibut is born with both eyes but one dies.
the catch included halibut, salmon, lingcod, & rockfish
It was very interesting watching the people who went on the charter and listening their stories of how they struggled when they were reeling in their big catch. There is a derby throughout the summer to see who catches the biggest halibut.
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