I took my boy and a fellow employee halibut fishing last summer. We booked with Sweetwatercharters and Captain Travis Wilcox. I fished with him a few years back, on a company trip. I had such a great time, I knew it was something my son needed to experience. Captain Trav picked us up in the morning and off we went for a day of fishing, or like Trav calls it, Yacht fishing. His boat, the Ann Marie is was an absolute treat to be on. He took us right to the halibut fishing grounds and dropped the anchor. It was probably an hour before we had our first bite. But fortunately for us the first bite weighed 35 pounds. Trav told us the small ones bite first and then the big ones move in to see what all the commotion is about. He was right, after catching our 3 halibut under 32 inches the next 2 where 50 and 60 pounders. I thought my boy was going for a swim. He always said he wanted to catch a big halibut, but after his battle, he said he would stick to the small ones.
