Hauling in a Giant Snarl! | Halibut Longlining

[@DennisYackel]

smooth working crew the best part is no cussing

[@christianerno9040]

Looking at the bright side.... at least there was some fish on the set. :)

[@EISAlaska]

Yep, glad we didn’t get skunked haha. 😄

[@cindydenton2681]

Just love watching this family team! They are such a pleasure to watch! Thanks guys and we look forward to new exciting episodes on the Emerald Isle too!

[@kalmurphy5254]

It s great to see all lot of small fish because you knows that they will grow into big fish. And Fishman has to looking after their resources

[@EISAlaska]

Absolutely, sustainability is one of our top priorities to keep our state resources in a healthy state. Thanks Kal!

[@ErikCooperPhoto]

The closing footage is prime stock. If you’re not already doing so Matt, you should upload that type of work for sales. Significant views! Appreciate you guys!

[@haroldmcclellan3448]

That's the best man you will ever meet in your life matt

[@jongolob6693]

Watching you guys work together is awesome 👌

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, Jon!

[@wesleymonske8103]

At least it's not raining! Nice tangle.Too much fun .Ha Ha

[@cutbaitkenny]

What a mess! Can't wait to see you guys use the big boat.

[@tenneyconstruction7323]

Great video guys. I really enjoyed it!!!

[@steenhoffmann4259]

Hope you soon reach 100.000 followers. Greetings from Misery Bay Northern Denmark

[@EISAlaska]

Thank you Steen, hello to you in Denmark! 🙂

[@steenhoffmann4259]

@@EISAlaska You are welcome and hey to you guys aswell. I am looking forward to a long trip at sea aboard your new fishing boat.

[@ejmacewan8942]

🎉🎉🎉AGAIN,,,, DYNAMIC 🎉🎉🎉 PLEASE BE SAFE ,, PRODUCTIVE,, YET BLESSED WITH WHAT YOUR FAMILY DOES,,, FOR THOUSANDS OF US 🎉🎉

[@andrewmiller2868]

Wow! The difference the stabiliser fish made was incredible.

[@TedChandler-r1i]

i love these videos, this family is unbelievable ,i wish i had that kind of relationship with my father when i was young! no cursing or getting angry, if its in your heart< it will come out your mouth when things go bad, love this family

[@danielorr2972]

I often wondered why your longline is in sections. Now I see why. And it is very important! Nice job! You guys rock. Love to see the model of father and son working together to accomplish good things. You both worked this trip! Good luck on your next set!

[@EISAlaska]

Yep! Very handy especially in this case. It makes gear much more manageable.

[@PamelaClem]

Good luck getting the snarl out. Very time consuming. Great video. Lots of beautiful halibut.

[@burgessschnitzius4987]

Halibut, starfish and sculpin, all after a shaker and a skate. Quite the assortment on the first few hooks.

[@hans-uelijohner8943]

WOW what a snarl!

[@bobcaffey2330]

.....i love watching you guys fish..........

[@pattiwhalen9851]

First time ive seen gerties( stablizers ) in use since i was a little kid we had them on our boat theymake soo much diffrence ona rollypolly day i do rember it well thank you ya done myheart good

[@EISAlaska]

They certainly do, rolly days can leave your body tired after fighting it all day so stabies help a lot with that. Thanks for sharing your childhood anecdote Patti, glad we could inspire that memory from you. 🙂

[@goodcitizen64]

Thanks for taking us along!

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks for joining us!

[@larrycresse753]

I sure like the way fish tale works. Love watching

[@gazellis1961]

Awesome team work guys and what a catch,bet your gonna miss Fish tale when you start the next chapter. If the new boat is anything like her you'll do mighty fine I'm sure...PS love the new camara angles btw.

[@EISAlaska]

Thank you gazellis! It’s going to be a bit different for sure!

[@stevenhead7560]

Been following you guys a long time Looking forward to seeing the Emerald Ilse on its first fishing trip Hardest working guys in Alaska

[@timothymcinnis5130]

Love the time watching uou guys haul the great, that was one big snarl you guys did good

[@ryanhoward1013]

Hi guys, that was one hack of mess on that line. You did a great job getting all the fish in the boat. I never thought that octopus were in that cold of water. I've seen you catch a lot of them but never commented on them until now. I've been watching for a few years, and I love the videos. Thank you for sharing all of your adventures, and I love the family run business.

[@robertchapin3683]

Thanks for another great video! Will you be posting a post propeller and hull cleaning full power run on the Emerald Isle? You guys have done a remarkable job on the refit, she looks amazing. I can't wait to see her working.

[@mikeladley5149]

Not just a backlash but a Halibuttlash! 😲 In the end not a bad catch considering the mess confronting you. 💪

[@EISAlaska]

Yep, it paid off! Funny part is close to half of the fish on this set came from the two tubs that were snarled.

[@simonr6643]

Thought you would never get untangled from that mess. Hope it was a good catch for you and you got good pay day. Like watching your content. Thanks

[@CathyLukon]

what a mess! But lots of halibut,

[@jabbalechat7910]

Look forward to seeing the new boat in action, though the FT will be missed in videos, it's a nifty boat...

[@stevelucas7112]

What a team!! You guys are awesome. The skill you guys have is incredible!

[@rons4778]

That stability item is amazing so simple yet so effective I was looking forward to seeing you untangle that mess

[@kellyharper7751]

I love watching your videos are Great!!

[@tonyjuliasto682]

Great camera angles in this video! Thank you.

[@vinamerosa1923]

Anchor dragging, OUCH ! ... great job just dealing with it as you pull line. calm and cool, just getting tru it,, LOVE you Guys ! ... Emarald Island for the WIN ! ( but we love the Fishtail )

[@Maxchiprat]

Great stuff§!! Go go go

[@joopbonnet5300]

When I lived in a small coastal village in Indonesia for my thesis, I often joined friends who were fishermen there. They all looked like Arnold Scharzenegger just from pulling those gillnets out of the water.

[@jamesa4124]

Cheers again for bringing us all along!

[@lars-eirikkolbeinsen208]

Hi guys! Thanks for the video. Great catch despite the line mess :) Can you please in details show the knob you use on the line when fastening the anchor?

[@lars-eirikkolbeinsen208]

Ah…found it at 12:40 in one of your previous videos “Our snap and Gangion Setup - Snap-on Longline” kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnrZap-Qisaaf9Usi=aGGzmlyEfiHBgr5F Thanks! :)

[@ronald8ish]

Great team work, hello from Florida

[@Maxchiprat]

4:40 Len so calm and professional. Like a tier 1 operator calmly drawing and dispatching . Go high sea elites . 1 in a 1000 gets thru quals to wear the EIS!

[@haroldmcclellan3448]

Hardest i have seen you all work so for stumbling and a fumbling but you was coming all the way

[@zerog5041]

Great video guys, the sequence at the very end you could almost sense "Fish Tale" knew she had a full belly on board and couldn't wait to get back to port to unload! By the way when you're away for days on end what are your individual favourite meals to eat? I can remember Len making those stabilisers in the workshop back home.

[@manuelfernandesbettencourr2351]

Desde Portugal, Ilha do Pico Açores vão ter um trabalhinho para desencarreirar. Grande abraço um prazer ver EIS Alaska

[@chriskulpa4056]

Wow that was a HUGE snarl. I thought you got to the link at the end of the snarl, it was too far embedded in the snarl? There was quite a few fish in the snarl! Nice full hold of halibut gents. Do you have enough IFQ on halibut and other species to fill the Isle's hold or you'll have to go out and but more quota? The water didn't look that rough, amazed that you were rolling that much

[@EISAlaska]

Yep, anchor drug on the top end of the set. Thankfully we were three quarters of the way through that last skate and were able to pull it on easily.

[@melodyannduke1849]

What a mess you had when you guys sure did clean it up nice enjoy watching your videos

[@ScotWalt858]

All good!

[@ingvilllarsen494]

So nice to follow you gays. Keep ut with interessting videos. Love from Norway😊

[@downymaster]

Is the TRON intro just for me!?!?!

[@almeidacheang7853]

nice catch my friends

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks!

[@justtinkering6054]

Keep up the great work.

[@raymondziminski8568]

Your vids are very cool.

[@EISAlaska]

Thanks, we appreciate it Raymond!

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

A fankle !😊

[@curtisfrease946]

Thanks guys!

[@MarkFitzhugh-w5r]

Love watching you guys' fish. Would like to go out with yoiu!

[@hughmiller7479]

Love watching 👁️👁️💞 , what will you do with the little boat 🚢 ?? Just wondering !!!

[@EISAlaska]

We’re keeping her for smaller operations, the Fish Tale is part of the family! 😁

[@johnpierce1251]

Aside from the tangles that was a pretty nice haul

[@debbiesue4287]

Well that was different 😳Bit of Team EIS Strength Training 💪 for the win! Glad you got some keepers in that mess :)

[@Frankgraham-lq6es]

YEA!!!!!

[@haroldmcclellan3448]

I'm ready for the new boat

[@EISAlaska]

Us too, very soon!

[@MUSICMAN0055]

..looked like a good haul

[@JoeJeep-zd3ms]

Bowl of spaghetti. The extra work sucks but nice video. I used to Lobster commercially on the east coast and we would have trawls balled up with an acre of kelp in it.

[@chrisgilbert2152]

I exhausted!!

[@EISAlaska]

Same!

[@dougallmcmillan8970]

I have had tangled fishing lines but nothing like you had to deal with. Bird's nest no-more like a set of eagle's nests !

[@brendanashby6624]

G'day mate what predators does the starfish have what eats them to get the numbers down

[@EISAlaska]

I’m not sure off my head what eats them, I think they have fairly few predators and I think crabs are among them. Sea star wasting disease is the biggest source of their mortality, it causes their bodies to disintegrate. I think it was around 2013 or so that a wave of SWD swept through and decimated the population, they’ve partially recovered since then though.

[@brendanashby6624]

@@EISAlaska thanks mate

[@williammcdonald3293]

Oi Vay! how does something like that come about. tides? Fish everywhere on the deck at least, that was a positive outcome.

[@EISAlaska]

Yeah, the tide was the main cause in this case. I tied a small anchor on and the current was pretty strong in this area which caused this end to drag towards the other end of the set. The fish on the line also contributed to the drag with all the current, skates are like giant sails!

[@michaelschaefer1943]

I enjoy your videos. I think it is great that father and son, and sometimes sons, are out working and fishing together. I thought I heard someone way this is the last trip for the Fishtale, are you going to keep her or sell her off now that you will be fishing from the Emerald Isle?

[@EISAlaska]

Oh, we have a couple more days of footage to publish for this season. This was the end for the east side trip, though. We are keeping the Fish Tale. Shes a great little boat for jigging, also some of our halibut is d-class which is only harvestable on vessels

[@orgcoast5990]

Halibut Revenge!

[@Shottsie]

What contributes to the snarling?😮❤

[@EISAlaska]

In this case the current caused the anchor to drag. We call these drift snarls. As the set was running parallel to the prevailing current it stacked up on itself. Had we set more perpendicular to the current it likely wouldn’t have stacked up.

[@incubatork]

I thought you changed the rope reel over to the other boat. I've seen tangles like that, usually shooting when the tide is changing, the surface current is going the opposite way to the deeper current so by the time it sinks to the bottom everything is at one end.

[@mikedahlager5572]

That’s why I always pulled against the current! If the current is too strong you can always bump it in gear.

[@ryanhoward1013]

It looked like they were. They are great fishermen anyway, and with all that chaos, not one bad language word was said that says a lot for the family. May God bless them with a bounty of fish. God bless you both.

[@lorisabor6251]

Alright 👍

[@katiesbeauties2694]

Are you going to have salmon netting again in your future business plan? That is really neat to watch.

[@vinamerosa1923]

sorry to add, another comment h8t but I gotta ask, that was a really LONG - line , more then I normally see ... how much of the spool was it ? Lotsa Halibut hooked, good haul guys !!!!

[@Naplesfrank154]

At the 32:43 mark in the video, there is a slight disturbance on top of the water behind and to the left of the boat. I’m wondering, is that fish behind the boat or something else? I used to catch Fluke back home in New Jersey, are Hali related to Fluke and do they taste the same? This was another great video as usual, keep em coming. 🤣. Take care guys.

[@EISAlaska]

I just took a look. I think it is just the prop wash. You can see we were bumping in and out of gear and it leaves a smooth spot at first.

[@Naplesfrank154]

@@EISAlaska Thanks.

[@philmccumbee6938]

Sorry about the snarl. How many hooks on an average long line?

[@EISAlaska]

That one was a doozy. Typically around 30-35 per tub/shot.

[@walrus2796]

I would love to have an office window like yours

[@TULUSRECORD]

Good

[@danielwaldvogel579]

Did the thrust improve on the other boat after cleaning the prop?

[@troychampion3303]

All right guys this is the way I'd be doing it. Get out of there just no easy way.

[@Bouzoukistudent]

When the line is floating at some depth and not at a the bottom , adding some weights in the middle of the line , wouldn't help it to keep tension in the line ? to prevent the line get tangle ? and or even add more weights at equal distances if the line is to long .

[@EISAlaska]

It’s Leaded line. Weights do help bit the cause of this was heavy current.

[@a-fl-man640]

from my brief time watching you guys that looks like a tough way to make a living w/ all the expenses. it must work though. good luck doing what you like

[@hughmiller7479]

May GOD bless y'all as you start working with your new boat and know all your blessings comes from GOD ❤️🙏 ❤️👁️👁️ing.

[@johnpierce1251]

Ok Matt I really gotta ask have you ever thrown a fish over with the guts 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤stay safe my friends

[@matthewb8229]

Did the fish do that to the line? Or a combination of fish and current?

[@Free.to.choose.001]

Is that snarl what you could consider an attempt the halibut building a nest?

[@yuwardiyen3603]

👍👍👍 from indonesian

[@ericmcgary911]

When your on autopilot how do you not hit kayakers or other boats?

[@EISAlaska]

It’s like get the heck outta our way! Na, just kidding. We are always on the lookout for other vessels and small watercraft. Especially kayaks as they can get in trouble easily. When we do leave the helm it is only for a few minutes max and we make sure no one is nearby.

[@joeld.4311]

"and weirdness" lol

[@williambridges6742]

The knife you wear around your waist is that for safety? In case you fall overboard?

[@ericmcgary911]

What’s the progress on the big boat?

[@EISAlaska]

Progress is great. The grid video wasn't that long ago compared to real time. We're very close now.

[@Feelalive1009]

Teach me how to catch a fish, I like it very much😊

[@martygrove3986]

Why were some of the Halibut in the snarl partially eaten? Did that longline stay in the water overnight?

[@EISAlaska]

Nope, we never soak overnight, sand fleas get bad. Not sure what chomped on them, sleeper shark perhaps?

[@michaelbrausch8874]

What caused the massive tangle? Was it current or too many fish caught in close proximity?

[@apostlepaulvining5688]

Can y’all ship 20lbs of halibut to Eustis Florida (45 min. W. of Orlando) & what’s the cost?? Thanks:)

[@EISAlaska]

Hi, Paul! The easiest way to check is head over to our site. eisalaska.com/halibut-share-box-presale-fall-caught-halibut/

[@philmccumbee6938]

How many lbs of fish did you catch on this trip?

[@OtisDarnell]

I thought you took the winch off that boat?

[@JamesRipley-me3ic]

It would be great to know the order of the video and year. Otherwise great content, keep it up .

[@colinbrown.]

There must be a use for all those star fish? Something must eat them surely? I can't believe there's not a market for the rays either. They'd be ripping your arms off in Europe for them.