Awesome catch on one of my jigs!

[Kasilofchrisn]

So one of my pro staffers Charlie from Heavy Hitter fishing here in Alaska just had an awesome weekend fishing my saltwater jigs.
These are the new foil jigs I posted a how to on here about this last winter.
Well now I can say they are officially tested and they work great.
Out of 5 anglers in 2 boats Charlie was the only one to limit out and caught this beautiful 115# Halibut as part of his limit.
Here are some of his pics from this past weekend.

[Fatman]

Excellent!!!!!!! 

[WALLEYE WACKER]

It's always nice to catch fish on something that you made.  Great fish !!!!!!

[Kasilofchrisn]

Yep it is an awesome catch. Wish I had been there.
This is the video he made. Notice how they had to harpoon and shoot this fish before bringing it on board. A .357  to the head works wonders to subdue big fish.
https://vimeo.com/127223740

[Muskygary]

Super neat video! What were the orange fish and are they good to eat?

[Kasilofchrisn]

Super neat video! What were the orange fish and are they good to eat?

Yellow eye rockfish. Excellent eating.
Only problem with the rockfish is they don't last a long time in the freezer before going bad. Even when properly vac sealed etc.
That and they get barotrauma real bad so you need to have a deepwater release handy in case you get too many of them.

[macklb]

I learned from a commercial fisherman that if you bleed rockfish, by cutting the gills as soon as you catch them (it also helps to have them in a bucket of saltwater), that the fish will still taste great after many months in the freezer (when vacuum packed).  I have tried it and find that it is absolutely true.  Without bleeding they have a strong disagreeable taste after a few months in the freezer, but with bleeding they taste good even up to a year later.  Wonderful catches on those great lures of yours!