Fishing from Paul Eddon’s boat Trot On, Peter Stricksen hooked and landed a specimen Halibut of 56lb 12 oz. The fish beats the previous port record of 50lb.
Whitby regular Peter said “the fish took a squid bait dragged along the bottem. At first I thought I had caught the bottem but soon I realised I had hooked something big as it started stripping line from my reel.”
Trot on Skipper Paul Eddon initially thought they had hooked into a seal, but as the fish broke surface after a 25 minute scrap it was clear this was a very special fish indeed.
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Fazbats
June 8, 2011 at 10:02 am
Cracking fish well done to the captor and well done to Dolly for putting him on it
Rob Main
June 8, 2011 at 4:09 pm
That piece of Halibut looks good enough for Jehova.
dale
June 10, 2011 at 7:16 am
well done pete, very very envious of ya…. ill be down for a couple of steaks !!!