Way fun stuff! If you go, I suggest you get one of those marlin gut belts that you can jam the butt of your rod in to. You spend a lot...and I do mean a lot, of time doing nothing but this:



If you're patient, and don't weeny out and hand away the rod, you might eventually get to see something like this! I agree, as it's the coolest thing to see those monster come up for the first time!



Tack on a few more minutes of getting all bruised up, and you'll eventually win the battle and get to do this:



Man, now I really wish I was up in AK doing battle with a 200+ pound halibut...or a 50 pound King on the Kasilof! I love fighting BIG fish.