Baiting and Setting Halibut Gear | Alaska Longlining

[@peterparsons7141]

An angler's loop, otherwise known as a perfection loop. I really like how you take the time to get a good camera angle to show the different knots, and tackle you use. There are lots of little things you often show that make your videos worth watching. It Sure it’s fun to watch hauling nice Halibut, and it’s nice to learn something at the same time.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, appreciate you mentioning the small things. A lot of it is the same ol' same ol' to us, so sometimes forget to really explain things. But we're definitely trying to get more detail into the videos!

[@Retired-nohurry]

A suggestion. When doing some of the mundane tasks such as baiting hooks, specify the parts such as hook type, size, leader type and length and snap type. I think it is interesting for us not in the business.

[@EISAlaska]

I'll note that down for next season, thanks!

[@davidhatcher1796]

Halibut fishing has to be my favorite!! 👍👍

[@johnpierce1251]

I don’t mind the slow hauls it’s a pleasure just going along with you ❤❤❤❤❤stay safe my friends

[@medicmom0550]

Thanks for the good entertaining content. Learning a lot about the fishing industry. And a thank you to & Matt for explaining everything from baiting the hooks, to various knots. Even how best to plumb the tanks! Mug up 👍

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@cindydenton2681]

Thank you guys for taking us along on this trip! We love your episodes, thank you and have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! We will be in touch ❤

[@williamsnapp2605]

I’ll probably be annoyed one day when I catch that thing. 🤣👍 Truer words were never spoken. Thanks for bringing us along on your journeys.

[@EISAlaska]

We appreciate you following along!

[@robertyork784]

love how you have your son fishing with you i really miss fishing with my dad

[@tonyjones9715]

Merry Christmas to you and you family.

[@johnnypurkey7545]

Great video matt looks exciting. I guess if you do the job every day it's just regular. You guys do it very well. You are blessed 😮

[@TedChandler-r1i]

a dry run once in a while makes you appreciate the good one more! still a great video, best to your family and MERRY CHRISTMAS

[@derekwiffen1115]

Man, I feel for you guys when you do all the hard work and you get such a poor catch. I hope the coming crab season is better for you. I do like the new boat set up and it looks more comfortable to fish. Cheers and best wishes for Christmas and the new year from Oz

[@RodneyPyle]

Really want you to try out a catch and cook for your peeps in Texas, guy! Love the fishing love Alaska and GET THEM FISHES!~!

[@sprkmn]

coffee is a great idea ! thank you.

[@BeeHeeUtiful]

Great tutorial. And again, superb camera angle and editing. Thanks.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, Bee!

[@Opaulo888]

I wish you and your family a warm Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year.

[@EISAlaska]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!

[@cindydenton2681]

We look forward to the next episodes!

[@susanmathis7561]

Good Morning to you! Great to See you guy's and the Emrelad Isle looks great! Stay Safe and have a fishy trip!!

[@gregm312]

like the summary at the end

[@EISAlaska]

I thought that might be interesting, never really counted the fish up myself aside from halibut.

[@larrycresse753]

I'm wondering " WHERES THE BEEF" Fishing has slowed down for you guys. Always fun to watch 😮

[@scottdilley356]

Good morning and good luck feel them up keep the faith and merry Christmas thanks for the video

[@EISAlaska]

Merry Christmas, Scott!

[@scottdilley356]

I remember jigging at night to catch bait squid and a list of others lol but that's the old days sometimes fishing 30 miles out sometimes 300 to 6oo hundred feet or fifth and 100f miles of lines lol those were the days

[@EISAlaska]

Squid jigging looks interesting! Love to try it someday.

[@jamesallen712]

If sharks and starfish were the target species you had a great haul. The joys of being a commercial fisherman .

[@tdeaux]

So the dogs have their day.

[@curtisfrease946]

Great stuff! Thanks guys!! God bless your great family. Merry Christmas!!

[@EISAlaska]

You got it! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@sandtowalk]

The Best . Thanks

[@gopha533]

Sharks and skate. Bugger!!

[@keithmclennan3275]

Im sure you are glad that dog fish set done seen that down here many times myself and I love your boat what a troller it must have been in it's early days

[@EISAlaska]

Yes, sometimes the doggies are so thick. She's a great sea boat, that's for sure!

[@christianerno9040]

Wishing your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@jacksides2328]

I love your comment when you said mug up and join us. Coffee 😊

[@EISAlaska]

Coffee is always a good idea!

[@TheCritterWindow]

Tuff end of the year. Hope the Tanner crabs fill your hold.

[@EISAlaska]

Hope so too!

[@salmonhunter7414]

I really like the time clock .

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, it was some effort to edit in, but I wanted to give an idea of how long a set typically takes to haul in.

[@ryanhoward1013]

I haven't seen so many sharks. Did you get a count of how many you caught. Thanks for sharing, and better luck on the next set.

[@EISAlaska]

Yep, I put the approximate tally at the end of the haul! Slow set but that's just how it goes sometimes, fishing is fishing!

[@mikeladley5149]

Awesome weather unfortunately the hooks came up fairly empty or the wrong prey. Funny how it can be great fishing in crappy weather yet stinky in wonderful weather. Go figure! 👍💖

[@paulosousa1971]

Bomdia gosto muito dos seus vídeos Bom Ano e boas pescarias

[@williambridges6742]

As a new member to your channel, I was wondering if you had any idea which part of the bait gets hit the most?

[@EISAlaska]

Nah, we do tend to notice that cod gets hit a lot, but I think the other bait is equally effective. The only difference is that cod skin is hard to take off, so it sticks on even after they thrash it for a while.

[@TULUSRECORD]

Goood

[@tomclark3986]

bad luck on that one!!!

[@ShnitzlHaus]

did you refer to the top line over your boat as a bird line? what is the function of this? **** EDIT, it looks like its a set length of line that trails behind the boat with lines to disturb the water above your line, maybe to literally stop birds from eating and hooking themselves on the sinking line? someone let me know

[@bbsl1967]

Can you use some of the sharks as cut bait? If you can, you will never run out of bait.

[@mikemarriam]

What would it take to get into the east coast market for those sharks?

[@GoldVP...]

Can you use shark for bait?

[@tollibok7679]

How many hooks you use?

[@EISAlaska]

We run around 1200 hooks per day.

[@tmossberg]

Can you use spiny dogfish for bait?

[@EISAlaska]

Sure, but they are a pain to deal with. Hard to cut up and hard to put on the hook, also de-baiting. The skin is too tough!

[@janrixen]

Can’t you use the sharks for bait?

[@bbsl1967]

With all of those sharks and starfish that you bring up, you could have an aquarium and make extra monies with that. Just saying. 🐳🐋🐬🐟🐠🐙

[@dansmith937]

❤💯👀

[@sandtowalk]

How do you handle 4 hours on your feet ?

[@EISAlaska]

Staying busy and distracted I suppose. Jigging is harder I find in that respect. The actual work days are longer and you don't more around quite as much.

[@jimlombard7671]

what was that count? sharks 398 halibut 2?

[@michaelbrausch8874]

Why do you drive so far to fish? Aren’t there any fish closer?

[@EISAlaska]

There is a lot of pressure around port. For the amount of fish we need to catch we prefer to run a bit and hopefully get to grounds that aren't fished so much. If we have a little bit of cleanup, say a few hundred pounds, we'll fish around home.

[@medicmom0550]

Thanks, we were wondering as well.

[@AnthonyRoberts-e6z]

Shame you guys got no market for dog fish ,in the UK they were known as rock salmon and sold in fish and chips shops, seems to have declined over the years

[@williammcdonald3293]

Sharknado.

[@trevorg-w1i]

cant you use then spikie dogs you catch ,[thats what we call them in australia] spike sharks...

[@bruceflynn9711]

So that was fishing and not catching on that set

[@karldahl4113]

Well...........I guess that's why they call it fishing and not "catching"

[@cv1919]

I hate dogfish

[@bobcaffey2330]

sharks and skates............that sucks............