According to the Weekly World News newspaper on August 16, 2013 the world's largest halibut had to be towed in because the boat the Norwegian fishermen were fishing from was too small to handle the size of the fish!
That halibut weighed in at 513 pounds, breaking the old record of 419 pounds!
Mike is an avid salmon fishermen and seldom do they fish for halibut.
Here is a picture of Mike's prize possession:
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To give you a little history on why I am posting this particular fish story is Mike is my cousin and makes his home with his wife and new baby girl in Anchorage, Alaska. Mike's given name is Michael Patrick Smith. He is the firstborn boy of Terry and Toni Smith, of Sterling, Alaska.
His father, Terry is three years older than me and gave Mike the fishing bug at an early age.
Between hunting pheasants every fall at the home farm my uncle Bob has kept in the family and turned it into a pheasant hunting, deer game preserve or fishing salmon and other game fish in Alaska, I do not know what they love more. I have a feeling it is whatever is in season is their favorite!
I am excited to see several of them at the annual Smith hunting trip in about a month. This photograph was taken several years ago and shows my uncles Terry, Bob, Bill and the youngest of the family, Tim. It is one of my favorite photographs:
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Terry and Tim will come down from Alaska and Bob will come up from Mississippi. Bob has been working on the barn to restore it to its original 1901 condition and turning into a hunting lodge. He does not like it when I refer to it as a man cave, so I better call it a hunting lodge. There will be several more family members joining the hunt and lots of stories will be spread in the ten days they will be hunting.
As always, I look forward to your comments.
Later,
Mike
2 comments:
Great story--lucky family! My dad was an avid fisherman and would have enjoyed hearing about those huge halibut. He loved eel fishing, done in the night hours in relatively shallow waters of bays along the Atlantic on the New Jersey coast.
Enjoy your visit with your uncles, Mike!
Hugs,
Jane
Yeah! Mike Patrick Smith has his ticket for the SMITH LODGE this fall as does his brother DANNY and family! Your Aunt Simone is coming this year also--first time in many moons she has been able to come....fun times in the old barn again, probably few tears also for the ones no longer with us.
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