Hughes looks small next to the massive, flat fish.

An exceptional halibut on the Washington coast is about 100 to 120 pounds, so Hughes reeled in the fish of a lifetime July 24.

Hughes and his fishing buddies were drifting along the Glacier Bay National Park shoreline in about 190 feet of water.

Glacier Bay, which is 65 miles from Juneau, is one of the most remote sports in the world. There are no roads to the park, so visitors arrive by ferry or airplane.

Glacier Bay, like much of coastal Alaska, is famous for huge halibut. Hughes and his friends came to Glacier Bay to catch big halibut.

The first fish of the trip was the biggest.