We were gone to Norway to catch big fish.
1. Hallibut (all above 5kg), 2. Big Coal fish ( Above 10kg), 3. Big Cods (Above 10kg)
- and less important: Haddock, Wolffish, Anglerfish and Pollack
Water was cold ( 5-7 degrees), current strong and visibilty tricky. But we knew that if we endured, then some of us would get big fish.
After some days without any big fish we tried a new spot. But we have to time the tide so we wouldnt get swept away. So we were drifting (diving form boat) 5 spearos on the same 800m long and 250m wide strait of 7-20m water. Continuosly diving taking turns picking divers up and sailing them back. we saw lots of small coalfish, small cods and some wolfies... and after a few hours we lost the faith. But determined on diving until the tide changed we took another hour diving, drifting, beeing picked up and sailed back, diving, drifting and so on...
When the current stopped, the vis got worse, and my friend surfaced shouting "Halibuuuut" we all gathered in that area diving like crazy. After 10mins I started hunting for haddock instead - but then suddenly a good Hallibut left the bottom and before I knew of it my spear was in its neck and it took off while i Surfaced and Shouted "Halibiuuuut"... the boatman got my buoy (with gun and spear attached to it) and I swam down and embraced the mighty fish, surfarced and shouting vitoriusly: "Halibuuuuut". There it was. Not the biggest of the trip - but my biggest (and the only one) so far.
Hallibut, northern Norway, june 2008 11.5kg
Hallibut
Morten Villadsen
1. Hallibut (all above 5kg), 2. Big Coal fish ( Above 10kg), 3. Big Cods (Above 10kg)
- and less important: Haddock, Wolffish, Anglerfish and Pollack
Water was cold ( 5-7 degrees), current strong and visibilty tricky. But we knew that if we endured, then some of us would get big fish.
After some days without any big fish we tried a new spot. But we have to time the tide so we wouldnt get swept away. So we were drifting (diving form boat) 5 spearos on the same 800m long and 250m wide strait of 7-20m water. Continuosly diving taking turns picking divers up and sailing them back. we saw lots of small coalfish, small cods and some wolfies... and after a few hours we lost the faith. But determined on diving until the tide changed we took another hour diving, drifting, beeing picked up and sailed back, diving, drifting and so on...
When the current stopped, the vis got worse, and my friend surfaced shouting "Halibuuuut" we all gathered in that area diving like crazy. After 10mins I started hunting for haddock instead - but then suddenly a good Hallibut left the bottom and before I knew of it my spear was in its neck and it took off while i Surfaced and Shouted "Halibiuuuut"... the boatman got my buoy (with gun and spear attached to it) and I swam down and embraced the mighty fish, surfarced and shouting vitoriusly: "Halibuuuuut". There it was. Not the biggest of the trip - but my biggest (and the only one) so far.
Hallibut, northern Norway, june 2008 11.5kg
Hallibut
Morten Villadsen
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