A Nanoose Bay woman had all but given up hope that she'd catch the halibut on her bucket list, when just about to leave she dropped a line at the docks.
Posted: Jul. 2, 2023 5:35PMHeading out on the water off Nanoose with her dog Beck and fishing rod on Sunday, Margot Mallicoat was up for adventure.The avid angler has long had a bucket list wish to catch a huge halibut off remote Winter Harbour on the west coast of Vancouver Island.So on a June fishing trip in Winter Harbour, her third year trying, she cast her line trying to catch a halibut again.
“We went for six days to try to catch a halibut, and I couldn’t get it done. The weather was a challenge, we couldn’t get to the spaces we wanted to get to,” said Mallicoat. “And I was a bit heartbroken. It was the last day, and I thought, well, I’m just going to put a line down by the dock,” she added.When standing at the docks, about to leave, with her line in the water, Mallicoat felt a tug.
“‘I am not kidding. Look at this thing! Oh my god!'” Mallicoat says excitedly in a video capturing the moment she saw a halibut on her line.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.Even more striking because halibut are usually caught offshore, in deep water, and nowhere near shallow docks.
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