Commercial Fishing for Halibut June 2023

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Set out to catch 4,800 pounds of commercial halibut and caught 3,600 in 3 days. Nothing huge but we had a lot of fun! We'll be heading back out in August for more! Stay tuned!
Was thankful to be back on the fishing vessel Zeus after not fishing for the last 4t years having previous fished for my dad for 12 years. Please like and subscribe for more content!

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  • @DonaldVonWeken
    @DonaldVonWeken27 күн бұрын

    Boy that's the prettiest halibut fisherman I've ever seen

  • @paulhomsy2751
    @paulhomsy275123 күн бұрын

    I really enjoyed watching this video ! That's what YTube is all about, not those who put anything together to get views. Talented and beautiful crew !! Well done. Glad for your success !

  • @MadisonFishing
    @MadisonFishing10 ай бұрын

    Great video! The raw footage is awesome. A lot or people focus on edits and sound overs but the raw stuff is the best!

  • @prang11
    @prang11 Жыл бұрын

    Good start. You have our attention. Now more deck time. Bravo!

  • @coleis7517
    @coleis7517 Жыл бұрын

    I love this! Your dad is so awsome. I swear he never ages!! So neat that you're able to get out with him!

  • @juans3728
    @juans3728 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like hard work yet what makes it wonderful is everyone knows their job and it's family, Peace.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @riccardofundament9295
    @riccardofundament9295 Жыл бұрын

    loved it...a little more about catching the fish!!!.....:)...

  • @patricknealon-us8yu
    @patricknealon-us8yu Жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Used to go to Alaska on the regular when I lived on the West Coast. Now live in Florida , watching I know I have to plan another trip back.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Visit SeekAK.com!

  • @dalebechtel8904
    @dalebechtel8904 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice video. Well done 😊

  • @rfalberti
    @rfalberti Жыл бұрын

    You cannot beat the views and music. Thanks for sharing

  • @UrMom_says
    @UrMom_says Жыл бұрын

    Dang she is good looking! 😮

  • @DM-eb7tu
    @DM-eb7tu Жыл бұрын

    Hi Robin, the picture of you coming in on the side of that boat is priceless. Thank you!!!

  • @thowe7988
    @thowe7988 Жыл бұрын

    New subscribers and "Hot the teacher"

  • @stanleyhall2793
    @stanleyhall2793 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty good video, thanks for sharing!

  • @shannoncargo468
    @shannoncargo4686 ай бұрын

    Cool video i pretty much do the same thing but with a longline drum we had around 1,000 halibut this last opener

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    6 ай бұрын

    Right on!

  • @delfinevenson9594
    @delfinevenson9594 Жыл бұрын

    Now thats p-Town. unmistakable beauty.

  • @shawnfollmer4491
    @shawnfollmer4491 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid. Love it. You go girl!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @DKNZ7
    @DKNZ7 Жыл бұрын

    You rock great up load. Good honest hard work. Choice lifestyle.

  • @curtisblair7618
    @curtisblair7618 Жыл бұрын

    That was awesome 👏

  • @davidfeeman6094
    @davidfeeman6094 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice work!! Keep it up.. subscribed!!

  • @amormunar596
    @amormunar59610 ай бұрын

    love to watch your video.........

  • @COOPERSCICHILDS
    @COOPERSCICHILDS5 ай бұрын

    Awesome video new subscriber thanks for sharing

  • @jellybean9396
    @jellybean9396 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful scenery

  • @JohnSmith-sd4ly
    @JohnSmith-sd4ly Жыл бұрын

    If all KZreadrs we're like this what a world we would have. Absolutely wonderful

  • @bdjm8595
    @bdjm8595 Жыл бұрын

    This was cool, I used to fish on the B.C. coast back in the late 80's, back then we would get 50,000lbs in 3 days !!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn that's a lot of poundage!

  • @user-rk4jb1cn8o

    @user-rk4jb1cn8o

    6 ай бұрын

    I was on the Eileen in 86 I believe, we landed 37,000 24 hrs derby opener on Portlock Bank. Those where the days😊

  • @bdjm8595

    @bdjm8595

    6 ай бұрын

    I fished on the Rising Spirit @@user-rk4jb1cn8o

  • @tomtribby2309
    @tomtribby2309 Жыл бұрын

    Very cool, you were right you did a pretty good job on the video

  • @pghgeo816
    @pghgeo816 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a great plays list on the boat.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Always!

  • @kurtkeehbauch5802
    @kurtkeehbauch5802 Жыл бұрын

    Lots of work !

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Indeed! Had a great time though!

  • @roysmith8002
    @roysmith8002 Жыл бұрын

    Your a lucky lady to have your dad make you part of the crew. My daughter was a bit to young to bring along when I fished out Gloucester especially during the winter.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Winter fisheries are rough. I started with him when I was 11 and didn't appreciate it at first but grew to love it. Definitely don't overdo my workload anymore cause it's hard on the body but I'm thankful for the opportunity it's given me.

  • @jimpowers2047
    @jimpowers2047 Жыл бұрын

    Liked and subscribed 😊

  • @fransoldman841
    @fransoldman84111 ай бұрын

    Wow, wow, wow. Dreamed of coming up that way as a kid. Ended up in NC. Every time i watch something from up there i almost get sick thinking about it. I do commercial fish here, and its what i love to do. Just wish id have went that way instead. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    11 ай бұрын

    Another halibut trip video coming soon! Thanks for watching!

  • @ix_stompdown_-xi8199
    @ix_stompdown_-xi8199 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I remember back in 2012 we did a 32k trip in 4 days

  • @rlazzaro30
    @rlazzaro30 Жыл бұрын

    Well done! I like the use of captions as well as voice-overs. They add layers of interest to your production.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for that compliment!

  • @freerelaxingmusic6719
    @freerelaxingmusic671910 ай бұрын

    Awesome vids! I like the fact that you are fishing as a family. Reminds me of my dad and how we fished together in Palau. Thank you!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    3 ай бұрын

    Check out greatfishak.com We are selling our own fish now!

  • @rockodomingo7193
    @rockodomingo7193 Жыл бұрын

    Looks beautiful

  • @thepolicyguy
    @thepolicyguy Жыл бұрын

    Brings back memories. I worked my Uncle Roman’s gillnetter out of Port P in 1978. Great memories. Great video. Thanks.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Very cool! Thanks for watching!

  • @oldviking279

    @oldviking279

    7 ай бұрын

    We were about 25-30 miles south of Port Protection

  • @spotweld
    @spotweld Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for showing the hard work to help feed other as well as yourselves. Hopefully the low carb numbers is a natural cycle that rebounds.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Feeding the world one trip at a time!

  • @peterjarnes25
    @peterjarnes25 Жыл бұрын

    What beautiful skies and weather you enjoyed!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    It's was perfect conditions!

  • @johnpowell1841
    @johnpowell1841 Жыл бұрын

    Hello from Mississippi

  • @lilramborambo4399
    @lilramborambo4399 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video.... I couldn't take my eye's off it.... I am now a new subscriber 😉👌

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome aboard!

  • @lilramborambo4399

    @lilramborambo4399

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Brynnmarieblack T y.... I worked one season in Dutch Harbor AK it was a great experience 👌

  • @dustysageroutdoors
    @dustysageroutdoors Жыл бұрын

    Our boat is almost done tendering and i'll be back halibut fishing for our quota

  • @dustysageroutdoors
    @dustysageroutdoors Жыл бұрын

    cool video :)

  • @brennanandre4942
    @brennanandre4942 Жыл бұрын

    So cool! I’d love to see more about the process you are using to set and pull the gear.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback! Will hopefully be making another halibut video in August with more information and better footage!

  • @boywillace1016
    @boywillace1016 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome as video... the fish look like giant flounder like what we get here in New Zealand but hugerrr😂... all in all looks awesome boat, crew an scenery.

  • @Bloomcycle
    @Bloomcycle Жыл бұрын

    I would go on that Trip just for the Halibut

  • @adamboley5928
    @adamboley5928 Жыл бұрын

    Nice trip. Figured by now the trawlers would have taken them all.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah they scoop up so much and don't really create sustainable fishing.

  • @doncallies8803

    @doncallies8803

    Жыл бұрын

    trawlers pick up halibut > ? i kinda think not

  • @adamboley5928

    @adamboley5928

    Жыл бұрын

    @@doncallies8803 are you joking? They're allowed more halibut as bycatch than the other user groups can harvest.

  • @eriks9576
    @eriks9576 Жыл бұрын

    you are so lucky too be able too live this life in AK

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    We're thankful for it!

  • @wrbouwman7287
    @wrbouwman72876 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @user-er6tq6nk5c
    @user-er6tq6nk5c2 ай бұрын

    😮😮😊😊😊😊😊

  • @user-er6tq6nk5c

    @user-er6tq6nk5c

    2 ай бұрын

    มีแฟนยังครับ

  • @Jandyg
    @Jandyg Жыл бұрын

    I fished out of Petersburg in the late ‘90s. Yeah I’m old ! I was younger then. Worked on the Guide and the Theresa Marie , to name a few. Excited to find your channel. You have a new subscriber.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I know the Theresa Marie!

  • @Jandyg

    @Jandyg

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Brynnmarieblack I heard she’s only tending now. But I crabbed aboard her, for a couple years.

  • @schlaznger8049
    @schlaznger8049 Жыл бұрын

    You have my attention as a beautiful woman working hard right along with the guys is great. Keep up the hard work Chiquita!!!

  • @seekalaskatours
    @seekalaskatours11 ай бұрын

    Looking forward to the next trip coming up in August!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    11 ай бұрын

    Me too!

  • @barbarabeagley6650
    @barbarabeagley6650 Жыл бұрын

    New subscriber here!😊 I loved the beautiful scenery along the shore. The fish! I wish I were young enough to make an Alaskan fishing trip! I'm looking forward to more fishing videos, I've followed the channel of a commercial halibut/cod fish/rock fish operation on Kodiak for several years. I'm glad to have found your channel. I loved the music you used on the video, and when I could hear what you were listening to on the boat your taste in music rang true! Great tunes!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you noticed! I was happy to add that in there! Our tunes are very important to us on deck!

  • @ondaspot
    @ondaspot Жыл бұрын

    Aloha gorgeous 😍

  • @yakventures9544
    @yakventures9544 Жыл бұрын

    I just found your channel. We baited up yesterday and head out tonight for our halibut opener. The challenge of filming while also working. Hard to do both. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a good video out. Good job on yours.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    It is hard! Have a safe and successful trip and hopefully I'll find your video too! Looking forward to the opportunity to make more in the future. Maybe another trip in August with my Dad and brother. 🤞🏼

  • @rickhay9782
    @rickhay9782 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome job chic ! Would love to see a fixed camera shot from where the tunes hang from to watch process...thank you,the crew and the captain !

  • @Brynnmarieblack
    @Brynnmarieblack3 ай бұрын

    Skip to minuet 8:20 to start seeing halibut

  • @efremlee6990
    @efremlee6990 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty place but I better stick to the gulf for my fishing

  • @geoffreywolf3318
    @geoffreywolf3318 Жыл бұрын

    That looked totally yummy

  • @jhongillespie9939
    @jhongillespie9939 Жыл бұрын

    Looks fun from Ohio

  • @kkttss1928
    @kkttss1928 Жыл бұрын

    Dang! You're beautiful! Hi from South Carolina.

  • @freedomredemption9929
    @freedomredemption9929 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Dream trip for me. Thank you for sharing it was lively! Be bless in Christ Jesus!

  • @RTBurke
    @RTBurke Жыл бұрын

    Been there done that for a month at a time. Hard, dangerous work. Much less fun than is shown here.

  • @algernoncalydon3430
    @algernoncalydon3430 Жыл бұрын

    Fisrt fished back in the bad old derby days, 24 hour openings. Learned from and old guy who was 64, how to run stuck gear, set 40 skates off the chute in an hour. The second boat I fished the captain was in his thirties and ran snap on gear and thought he was the faster person ever at running a roller. He took 20 hours to run 45 skates of gear. The next opening I ran the roller and after eight hours was done and he asked me what we were supposed to do now. "Run in and anchor, bait more gear and set it, what else." He hadn't been trained by an old timer so didn't learn hard core fishing, "assholes and elbows," fishing..

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    40 skates in an hour is pretty good! Sounds like you knew more than the second Captain you fished for! Haha

  • @algernoncalydon3430

    @algernoncalydon3430

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Brynnmarieblack Fished for a guy out of Kodiak one spring and he wanted to set five skates for halibut just to fill his freezers. I coiled five skates in the tubs, tied them together so I could kick one into the chute after the preceeding one ran out, and set the chute off the back of the boat and he came out and the captain said it was impossible that line would go out for more than a half second. I explained I'd set great that way many years and though it might seems impossible it really worked. I wold prove it it if we just tried. Nope. He insisted we run line from the reel and it took forever. Guess the old way is dead. Used to be unless there was a 150+ halibut one didn't stop the roller while running the roller, one had to shake all the fish as they came along, Not easy for left hander to learn to use the gaff like that, even if it was dogfish for a hundred hooks in a row.

  • @gregjname7227
    @gregjname7227 Жыл бұрын

    Great. Spent 3 summers working for IPHC, always thought halibut fishers were cool!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    The best!

  • @Scrap5000
    @Scrap5000 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, your eyes are 😍

  • @brad1179
    @brad1179 Жыл бұрын

    Man i miss home! I remember seeing your dad's boat in the harbor when I was younger. Didn't he build it himself? I seem to remember a story that the owner of Zeus built the boat and another one like it. It has been 25+ years since I left PSG but i miss it. Thanks for the video.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Warren Westrom built his boat.. not sure if I spelled that name right. Masculine boat and fishes well! Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @artking1839
    @artking1839 Жыл бұрын

    A lot of the audio is poor need the talk loud or get a mic. Another tip show one shot of haulin gear slow so we can see it then high speed is fine. Like the videos. Love the scenery

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree. Just starting out

  • @timboteaser
    @timboteaser Жыл бұрын

    You sure have pretty eyes!

  • @BackinSaratoga
    @BackinSaratoga Жыл бұрын

    It’s awesome seeing such hard working people. Great video!

  • @bryanfinchum8026
    @bryanfinchum8026 Жыл бұрын

    I worked for AGS outta Naknek and unisea outta Dutch harbor but my goal is to grt on a boat and off land based plants.

  • @robertjerome1889
    @robertjerome1889 Жыл бұрын

    I'm thinking they're long lineing.

  • @kathyhathaway8823
    @kathyhathaway8823 Жыл бұрын

    If this was a music video it turned out great . Could not hear you talk very well because the music was so loud an saw very little fishing. Good music tho . Would love to see a lot more fishing In regular speed .Thanks

  • @AlbertMoyerJr
    @AlbertMoyerJr Жыл бұрын

    I fish down south but never commercial. I eat Halibut too, but not as much because cost for us in Texas has risen quite a bit do to fuel and shipping. I'm curious did you guys far short of goal because it is becoming harder to find halibut? I know down here fishing isn't what it used to be when I was a young boy. It's a lot harder to fill a cooler with fish, crabs, anything.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not always difficult to find them but this trip it was so yes, that's why we fell short.

  • @joebillups4893
    @joebillups4893 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff, Hello from Southern NJ!

  • @jacksnow1703
    @jacksnow1703 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the content but had a problem with sound volumes. When you are talking, the volume is at one level and when you switch to the background music it gets much, much louder. I had to constantly adjust my speaker setting to balance it out.

  • @davidhakes3884
    @davidhakes3884 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like the chicken Halibut derby. I sure miss that area and the cabin Up at deep creek.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha yeah I didn't get footage of our big fish coming overboard but will do better capturing them our next trip!

  • @Leuong
    @Leuong Жыл бұрын

    Like video 👉👉👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔

  • @RStout59
    @RStout59 Жыл бұрын

    What are those brown matts your working on? Do the keep the fish from sliding around when your cleaning them? They look like door matts. Awesome video.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes! You got the purpose of them right! They are called coco mats. We also use them to stand on when hauling gear in order to have more traction on deck.

  • @pkat
    @pkat3 ай бұрын

    I watched this video so I could learn about halibut fishing but I'm still mystified, all I learned was bait and skates. It was 9 minutes before I saw an actual fish

  • @iqbalkbyoyo9894
    @iqbalkbyoyo989411 ай бұрын

    I want to work with you.. I love to fishing and working onboard

  • @curlymaple42
    @curlymaple424 ай бұрын

    So you gotta fish for fish to catch the fish? Lol!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    4 ай бұрын

    Big fish eat smaller fish ha

  • @Leuong
    @Leuong Жыл бұрын

    Hello my good friend 👉👉🔔🔔🔔

  • @Brynnmarieblack
    @Brynnmarieblack3 ай бұрын

    Interested in buying our families fish? Visit greatfishak.com

  • @simonhoward7954
    @simonhoward7954 Жыл бұрын

    you go girl we need more women in the industry

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks but do we really? 😅

  • @simonhoward7954

    @simonhoward7954

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Brynnmarieblack nice to here from you. greetings from N.Z|. from one fisher to another keep up the good effort😁

  • @Leuong
    @Leuong Жыл бұрын

    Like 👉👉🔔🔔🔔

  • @kevinkatzke5350
    @kevinkatzke5350 Жыл бұрын

    Wow thank you for sharing this interesting video. Also have to say you are a stunningly beautiful woman

  • @glacialwaters

    @glacialwaters

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard she’s married to a Mexican 😮

  • @shawnupdegraff8138
    @shawnupdegraff8138 Жыл бұрын

    Are you using bear hides to clean those fish on

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Coco mats.

  • @johnhendrix4034
    @johnhendrix4034 Жыл бұрын

    Lets see some fish. Pictures of bait does not get it for me.

  • @AK2HI
    @AK2HI20 күн бұрын

    3,000 lbs for 3 days that is terrible 😂😂

  • @user-qd3fr9be2t
    @user-qd3fr9be2t Жыл бұрын

    suggestion re: video. No fast forward footage, less music, keep volume levels steady. Had to slam on mute button too much.

  • @mikerobat
    @mikerobat Жыл бұрын

    You have got the eye! Invest in some GoPro’s with multiple camera, angles, continue with shots that are scenery dominant including shots of the Mariners experience… shots of vessel, underway, piercing through waves, etc. Prepare for 10 to 25% of your work day changing batteries, changing camera angles, and utilizing your penchant for this art form by planning ahead. It’s a tall order, my dear, but I believe you fit the bill. Salutations, and, thank you!!

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips! Just getting started but I agree with all your suggestions and plan on uping my game!

  • @dougp4952
    @dougp4952 Жыл бұрын

    No disrespect meant, I'm up to 8 minutes in your video and I haven't seen one fish come over the side. I guess I'll try and watch the rest and see what happens.

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    4 ай бұрын

    You'd be a really inpatient deckhand then.. that's why they call it fishing and not catching and these videos show the process, not instant gratification.

  • @georgebartholemew8444
    @georgebartholemew8444 Жыл бұрын

    Too much fast forward and loud music, please let us see what your are doing. It looks SO interesting!

  • @doncallies8803
    @doncallies8803 Жыл бұрын

    like to have just one halibut

  • @JtotheOtotheStotheH
    @JtotheOtotheStotheH25 күн бұрын

    LTD

  • @MrCarter4121
    @MrCarter4121 Жыл бұрын

    When can I marry you!?

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorry homie I'm taken ha

  • @jimplantinga6288
    @jimplantinga62882 ай бұрын

    🙄😐😑😔🤤😴

  • @Brynnmarieblack

    @Brynnmarieblack

    2 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @dennismalcolm6620
    @dennismalcolm6620 Жыл бұрын

    CRAP!!!!😮

  • @dalebechtel8904
    @dalebechtel8904 Жыл бұрын

    Have got to be the strangest ugliest fish

  • @rayhsetwo8594

    @rayhsetwo8594

    11 ай бұрын

    You haven't seen a monkfish or angler fish then 😂