Halibut Barn Door

The pacific halibut are the largest sports fish in alaska.
Halibut barn door. The oldest documented age of a halibut is 55 years old. Halibut that are over 100 pounds are called barn doors while halibut that are less than 100 pounds are called chickens. Barn door alaskan halibut the delta discovery inc. Pacific halibut is the largest species of flatfish.
In fact pacific halibut which range from the bering sea into central california. North pacific from hokkaido japan to california. Mooching jigging bait fishing on bottom. Large halibut are called barn doors and small halibut are called chickens the largest recorded halibut had a length of over 8 feet and a weight of over 500 pounds.
Randall s fish measured 75 inches and sanky s was 66 inches. Halibut have both eyes on the same right side. They can get as large as eight feet in length and weighing over 500 pounds. Huge pacific halibut sometimes called barn doors can attain a length of over 8 feet and a width of over 5 feet.
Usually 10 to 50 pounds up to 700 pounds. Photo by herschel sundow randall charlie at left and sanky ulak of scammon bay pulled up these barndoor sized halibut while deep sea fishing 13 miles from the end of the askinuk mountains. It is native to the north pacific ocean and it is fished by commercial recreational and subsistence fishermen.