Big Halibut on BIG Bait (With a Tiny Ice Fishing Rod)

Before you ask please read the excerpt below explaining the legality of Greenling as bait. Remember to check your regulations carefully, and if in doubt talk to the local fish and game biologist.

Certain fish species are legal to use in southcentral Alaska’s saltwaters for live bait. To quote from the southcentral Alaska regulations, “Unless provided for in this section, fish taken under sport fishing regulations may not be used as bait, except:
– Herring, pink salmon, and whitefish may be used as bait, and:
– Species for which bag limits, seasons, or other regulatory methods and means are not provided in sport fishing regulations, as well as:
– The head, tail, fins, closely trimmed skeleton, and viscera of legally taken sport fish, may be used as bait. Live herring and other species for which no seasonal or harvest limits are specified in sport fishing regulations may be used as live bait, except that live fish may not be used as bait for sport fishing in fresh water.” Based on these criteria, greenling are legal to use as live bait in the saltwater when fishing