Giant Alaskan Flat Fish! {Catch Clean Cook} I ALMOST LOST MY EYE!!! (Millers Landing, Seward, Ak)

What's up happy people? I'm Robert Arrington. This is Deer Meat for Dinner and we're back in Seward, Alaska. This is the man right here. This is Captain Chance. We're at Miller's Landing and this dude we have found out is probably the most respected rad dude in the whole town. Like everyone knows you. They might know me but that's pretty generous. Today we are hog hunting. Explain that. What's hog hunting? We're going to go sit on structure and try to get big halibut. What's a good size halibut? You know an average size halibut for Seward is about 25 pounds. Any halibut above 60-70 pounds is a fish we're really super proud of when we go out. Well there's almost enough room up here. If I catch a halibut over 60 or 70 pounds you're going to see me doing like cartwheels right here. It's about a two hour run where we're going to go fishing and there's a whole pod of orcas. Killer whales. So we just slow down and we're going to see if we can get close to them. Look at that. She didn't get that salmon though. She was swimming like this and the salmon shot up the surface. It was going like this. I thought any second she's going to come up on it and then she gave up. I don't know if I'm shaking because I'm filming an orca or because I'm cold. I think it's both. If you come to Alaska bring good clothes. This suit I'm wearing right now is a new frog tog suit and it has been a lifesaver. Oh my gosh. That's by far the coolest thing I've ever filmed with the drone. Very glad it's back in my hands. It's so cool. This boat is like specially designed so that they can carry these kayaks and come you know miles and miles and miles out into the wilderness drop people off. Like today they're going to be kayaking. We're going to go out fishing and then tomorrow me and Sarah and the girls we're actually going to come out here have a barbecue on the beach do some kayaking and God knows what else. So I'm going to start out with a curly tail jig. I actually rigged this up this morning. I'm using 130 pound test liter. We're going to fire it on down there. Pitch it back there. I'm just going to let this bait fire down to the bottom. Okay there's bottom. Check my drag. That's perfect. And then I'll pick it up and let that lead slam into the bottom. Down. The common thought is that these fish feed within six feet of the bottom. You got it. You got it. Keep reeling. Keep reeling. Keep reeling. Keep reeling. Nice. Nice. Nice fish. So cool. Yesterday I was at the hardware store and I was looking at these jigs and I said I like that jig. I want to buy it. So I bought it rigged it up and now I've got a fish on it. Smooth and steady. He's going to take a little run here. Hey if anybody sees their line coming under the boat or feels anything touch the line don't react okay. Keep reeling bridge. You're doing so well. What are we going to do when we see your fish Bridget? We're going to take the rod out of the rod holder when we see him. Here I'm just going to bring in the slack. Yeah. Take your rod out of the rod holder please Bridget. Take your rod out please. Put your left hand on the side of the reel. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Good job. Okay now I want you to take your time. Don't gap him in the cheek. Right there. Straight up. Nice fish Bridget. Good job. Bridget welcome aboard the Fox Willie. Dude I'm reeling in that rig. Are you kidding me? There's a fish on this rig though. The fish is on this. Let me know if you want me to cut this so we can get your fish. No no here. Just hold that for a second. Check this out. He's coming up on the bait. There he goes. Is he over or under? He's over. I caught this halibut on the bait and reeled him in on the jig. 36. 36 inches. Probably about a 25 pound fish. Back down the bottom she goes. This is what the bottom of the ocean looks like where we're fishing. Let's say the current is coming across this area. A boulder like this will create an eddy. So as the current's coming along, right behind it would be a very good ambush point for a halibut to be laying on the bottom. As the current's coming along, bait comes by, you'll eat it and go right back down and he will hide behind the rocks. Your rod just about went in the water. Mine did? Yeah. I mean as far down as I've ever seen it bend. Tell you what man, the great thing about fishing here in Alaska is the fact that opportunities are endless and when the bite turns on, it turns on. Setting up the halibut just in case if it's a fish that we need to halibut. Got two gaffs ready. You never know what's on but prepare for the unexpected. All I'm doing is I'm taking these baits like that. Right there. Right there just like it's a live bait back home. Here's what we do. One, two, three, four, mark, five, mark. Shave tail I'm not familiar with. There we go. There's a big fish on back there. Get him buddy. Yeah I was just sitting here. I just dropped this bait down. What are your thoughts? My thoughts over 50. Okay I like those thoughts. Those are good thoughts. Big head shake. Yeah nice. There he goes back down to the bottom. That was the bite I've been waiting for right there. Oh nice big head shake. Look at that. Don't want to put too much pressure on him. Keep that fish coming to you. Listen, hear the seagulls? They're like get him deer meat. Get him. Hey Dez, do a lot of people fish with spinning rods out here? No. No one that I know of. You're the first person I've seen on this boat and it's amazing. Hold on. Oh he's going back to his house. Hold on I'm gonna pull right in. See that big head shakes there? Hold the phone everybody. Hold the phone. On the whoa. Yeah I'm good. Good thing I had glasses on. Pop me right in the eye. Dude, crack me good. Is it bleeding? Not yet. That hook whacked right up against the glass. Hit me in the face here but without that it would have hit me directly in the eye. We got three fish on the other side of the boat right now. He's scoping out here. Here comes the fish. I came here for one particular fish and this ain't him. It's pandemonium. Hold on buddy. Hold on. Nice release guys. Good job. Nice release man. Good job. Insane. It ain't it. I don't think it's a halibut. Well what do you think it is? I don't know. Daggum bonita? Yeah. Trophy fish. Are bonitas trophy fish? Of course it's a halibut. Oh we're getting a double up right here. Austin's like yes. Put it in the box. There you go. Over the rail and in the pail. Right on. Yeah. Poaching one from Austin. I just poached him dude. What do we have here ladies and gentlemen? Alaskan halibut. Check this out ladies and gentlemen. Beautiful fish. Unfortunately it's not the one we're after. Hey y'all see that just happen? That just happened. Go tell your grandpa I'm excited to meet him. Hey what a beautiful fish. So you can only catch one under 32 and one over 32. So this fish has to go back. What? Easy buddy. What a beautiful prehistoric looking fish huh? What? If you wonder why the fishing is so good up here in Alaska it's because they have fantastic wildlife and fish rules. That fish is not legal so it has to go back. That's just the way it is. We're here at Miller's Landing. You want to see how to clean a fish like a pro? Watch Chance Miller. You'll see this done. Cutting out the cheeks. You can learn a lot watching this joker sling a knife. That's incredible how perfect that is. You have an amazing home and to watch you clean that fish that's really special. You cannot do that if you don't have a lifetime of experience and it's cool to watch you do it with my knife. It's your new knife so thanks. I've had that one for a long long time but I've never seen somebody clean a fish better than you so I've had that knife a long time. It's yours. Awesome thanks man. That's really cool man. I love you guys and if it weren't for you none of this would be possible for us so I want to tell each and every one of you that have been watching this thank you very very much. We're going to go back to the house. We're going to cook but this is a dream come true and I just want to tell you thank you for the support that you give us. We'll see you in a bit. Hey guess what everybody we are back in Florida. We're in our kitchen and we're getting ready to cook dinner. That does not mean we're done with Alaskan videos but I do want to give Chance Miller and everybody at Miller's Landing a huge shout out. Dez you're like the best I can. Bill you're an awesome captain. Chance you're just a fantastic dude. Let me show you guys what we're cooking here. This is like our side dish tonight. It's potatoes, onions, mushrooms, and bacon. We're just sort of cooking that nice and slow letting it become happy. In this pan I've got a little bit of olive oil. I've already cooked in it. We're going to cook in it again. We call that seasoned oil. Let that sucker get going hot here. Now I was going to cook halibut but you may have noticed in the last video when we were cooking that was halibut and I thought it was rockfish. This is rockfish and so guess what it's all good so we're just going to cook some rockfish. If you didn't watch I caught a really nice big trophy size yellow eye rockfish. Look how beautiful white that fish is right there. Now my friend Chance he actually cleaned this fish and while he was cleaning it he gave me a piece and was like Rob try this and I ate it raw. Check this out. I can't wait to taste this like sauteed a little garlic butter. It's so good. We're going to season it pretty normal. We're just going to season it with a little bit of black pepper, some salt, and original everglades. That's kind of standard in my house but we're going to do something else once it gets hot. That's just butter with olive oil. I want this nice and hot. Let it get roasted. Now look at this y'all. You know what we call these? We call these whopping biscuits. You just open up the can, whop them on the table. Now I'm going to give this a little bit of life. This is a zester. That's a fresh lemon. I want to add some zest. We're going to add ginger to our to our butter and I'm telling you right now it's going to be good. Now while that finishes off I want to let everyone else see these hats. These hats I have about 100 of them left. I started out with 300 but I've been giving them away. You know I'm just I enjoy giving things to people but the last 100 I'm going to sign all of them and they will be on my website for sale. If you go to the description below there will be a link taking you to these hats. I guarantee you I personally will sign all of them tonight and they will ship out tomorrow. So go check that out. We only have 100. They're limited supply and I can't get them reproduced. They have Favorite USA, they have Too Godly to Glory on the back, and they have deer meat for dinner. Look at that. See how it's got that nice sear? Now I want to turn the heat down. Anytime that these fish get nice and crusted on the outside like that it's going to bring out the flavor. We are ready to rock. I mean I don't have to chill. That looks good to me. Look at that. Nice golden brown. Happy, happy, happy. Okay who wants to say a blessing? Me. You're going to say loud so everyone can hear you okay? You're silly. Dirty. Goodness gracious you guys. Hey guess what's in there? That's lightning in a bottle. If you're from South Florida you know what that is. That's called guava jelly. Do you want this one or the guava? It reminds me of like mystic grouper or snowy grouper. Deep cold water, super white, very mild, no fishy flavor whatsoever. None, like none. But it really took on the flavor of that. It took the ginger and the lemon. Me this is exactly like a really good grouper. How's yours? Good. What was your favorite part of Alaska? Seeing the animals. Seeing the animals? All the animals. Oh that's cool. Emma what was your favorite part of Alaska? The little baby puppy. The little puppy? Oh my gosh. That was the coolest thing of my life. Hey who wants to have a movie night and eat popcorn? Hey love you guys. Take care. God bless and we are out.