Moyer Tourney 2009 Halibut Division Report

[blackcloud9]

I caught two halibut, one sardine, one smelt, a few sanddabs, lizardfish,
a sole, and saw a flying fish fly by my eye. Flatties went 10 and 7 lbs,
but only landed in Third place.

These were beat out by the 14 lb winner (Kiyo again!) and a 10.5 lb fish.

One was on a sardine and the other was trolling a hoochie rig.


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[Sherm]

NIce fish even if they didn't take first. Congrats.

[fishinkid2010]

Those are still some pretty respectable Halibut, even if they didn't break the scale.
How do you set up a "hoochie rig"?, is that top secret, or something you'd be willing to share? It sounds like a great thing to have when catching bait proves to be a challenge.

BTW, it was nice meeting you at the party; I was wearing the blue Pelagic shirt and green G Loomis hat.

[bellcon]

Congrats:cheers1:
couple of great catches
and thats a great photo
the butt on the left has some bitchen colors

[Willy]

Nice looking Hali's! Well done.

Fishinkid, this is one option:
Use a little less weight on the 'yak. I usually use between a half pound and a pound, sometimes less.
Just raise and lower your rod on the drift and let it thump on the sea floor. The Hali's love 'em.

[Matt]

No matter the size they still look pretty damn tasty to me! Great job Larry!

[JoeBeck]

Larry, great talking to you at the BBQ. Those are some good looking halibut.

[THE DARKHORSE]

Let me know if you want to trade for some Yellowtail filets :biggrinjester:.

[fishinkid2010]

What is your prefered color for the hoochie? I'm attempting to set up a bounce ball rig for the next time I head out.

[Gino]

white/pearl is the best color. Chartruese is good too.

[Willy]

Just be sure you're thumpin' that thing on sand.

With all of the various parts of a bounceball rig, you can imagine what will happen if you get over some grass or kelp and try to thump it.
That having been said, also plan for a snag with that really heavy weight, and make the line from swivel to weight light enough that you can break it off in a bind, so as not to lose the $20 worth of other tackle, by losing just the weight.
Maybe bring a couple of extra weights with that in mind.
Tight lines,
Willy

[nunyabizness1]

Very nice catch!