Halibut fishing

[Kimbrey]

Halibut fishing....as a group of my friends here in Westport jokingly say it's...stoooopid.
I don't take many pictures to post and or don't post much but yesterday was...
A nice weather day, we got our 3 halibut the first drift.  Ran 10-ish miles and got our lings.  Nothing special on size for all of it.
My question is...does one need to go to the gym a month or two before this fishery in order to be able to walk that evening or the next morning (that's a bit of an exaggeration)?  Or is it just my ole 71 soon to be 72 year old bones saying "Even though you think like a 14 year old you ain't.".
Since my boat has a walk-around style of house I did wire a portable battery box so I could stand outside my window to back-troll, IE reach in the window to operate the boats controls and be able to see what my line is doing at the same time.  The Furuno autopilot in Sabiki mode holds a reverse course well but at slow idle speed it's at times too fast so I need to bump the gear shift in and out occasionally but I didn't think to install a rod holder in that area...no rod holder fishing for me yesterday.  3# chunk of lead working on the shoulder blades and small of the back.  Maybe that's why the pain...or maybe I'm just old.

[GregE]

Yes to all the above.  Invest in a rod holder.

NIce water / weather day from all reports.

[croaker stroker]

It's the old bones. One day fishing takes me three days to recuperate.

[Kimbrey]

Yes to all the above.  Invest in a rod holder.

NIce water / weather day from all reports.

Oh I have the holders......sitting on my bench....Been there for a couple months.

[Fishwithsarge]

I have a couple of electric Diawa Tanacom 750 reels that plug into my Scotty receptacles. As a "senior" fishing guide with many senior guests as well as my life long fishing spouse, the reels are game changers while bottom fishing. I haven't come across anyone complaining whether reeling up from 100' or 300+'. Just turn it on, leave the rod in the rod holder and crank the last 10' (preset to stop).

[Peddler]

I have never enjoyed halibut fishing. It's a long day, it's a lot of work, and I'm prone to getting a little "green."  My wife and I like eating it though, and I'm morally opposed to buying seafood (jokingly) so I endure when I'm have the chance.

[Kimbrey]

Personally I think halibut is overrated.  Halibut meat is too heavy for my tastes.  Give me the choice between P-Cod (Pacific cod) or halibut I'll pick P-cod every time.  My tastes also lean toward some of the various sole with Petrale being at the top.

[BigMac]

Yes to all the above.  Invest in a rod holder.

NIce water / weather day from all reports.

Second the rod holder.  Get good, sturdy ones.  Use to hold the rod waiting for the bite (not recommended if drifting with a "grabby" bottom), fighting/reeling in a fish, and even jigging (using a rod with a lever-action reel). Also using a method of easy retrieval from deep.
At 80+ years old, that and having someone younger along is the only way I am able to survive a hali day.

[that_guy_ryry]

If anyone needs help with their boats I'm more than willing to do hard labor for fishing time on the big pond.

That was mistyped as yard labor and I guess I would do that too