09/03/2025
Day 2 fishing in Washington!
Jigging for Ling cod and Halibut!
The second day of fish was offshore about 50 miles, and officially, the furthest West Nikki Christiano and I have been! This trip was for habitat and ling cod! So on the 2 hour drive out to the fishing grounds, we saw orca and a Mola Mola (sunfish) got a little video of that. Stopped for some pictures and then on to the fishing grounds.
Got out there and start our drift. All six of us dropped, and it was on! Non-stop action. We're using electric reels because we're dropping in 400 plus ft of water! First, we got the limit on Ling Cod. My biggest Ling was around 25-30 pounds! What a fight! Nikki was pulling up doubles and triples all by herself! So proud of her. These are now the biggest fish she has caught by herself! So epic! This is all jig fishing, too. Something she has never done before!
What an awesome experience with the Batson family! Something that Nikki and I will never forget! Nikki didn't get sick on this trip woop woop!
Truly amazing people, and what a blessing.
The Batson family are the nicest people I've ever met and the relationship that I've built and building with them if for a lifetime.
Bill Batson, I truly can't thank you and your family enough for taking time from your extremely busy schedules to spend time with Nikki and I. This is truly special to me. I can put into words what this means to me. I know I said thank you at least 100 plus time to you, but it just means so much that I feel as if I can't say it enough.
So, AGAIN THANK YOU, BATSON FAMILY, FOR EVERYTHING!