Greg is sure to get you into great King fishing action! FISH of A Lifetime by Jeff Breland On that day, we decided to fish for kings first. These are some of the funnest fish to catch. Here they average between 25 and 30 pounds, but it's not unusual to see fish caught in excess of 50 pounds. With the lightweight tackle (G. Loomis SAR1265C salmon rods, 25-pound-test Izor line and 3/0- to 4/0 Gamakatsu hooks), you can really feel these fish fight; they are amazingly strong. I hooked a nice 34-pound king in a pristine, narrow passage called Hayward Pass which was about 60 yards wide. The water was calm and crystal clear. You could see the sun reflect off the fish as it zipped back and forth behind the boat at an amazing speed. This fish was ornery. It would come up to the boat, shake, and then turn and run again with seemingly little effort. After about 20 intense minutes we finally brought it into the net. After we had caught our limit of kings we decided to try halibut fishing. We started in about 200 feet of water and soon had successfully landed halibut ranging from 86 to 97 pounds. My bragging rights were dramatically enhanced because my halibut was the largest. These fish were amazing. If you haven't halibut-fished before, consider bringing up a fish that needs to be gaffed with a hook and rope, and then shot with a .357 Magnum before you can bring it into the boat. They are all muscle. Our arms were getting tired from all the action when Dave Christy dropped his line in the water and hooked into a leviathan halibut. Like the others, this fish took off and we could see line spin off the reel. Everyone got really excited when the G. Loomis halibut rod bent like we have never seen before. This fish had to be huge. Dave got tired after about 15 minutes and then handed the rod over to me. We called him a "wimp", among other things, but then quickly understood why he'd passed the rod. The fish was incredible. Everyone in the boat had an opportunity to fight it six or seven times. Even Lincoln Settler, who can bench press 400 pounds, was getting exhausted. After about two of the most exciting hours of fishing we had ever experienced, I was getting very nervous.