Close call
 

It's all fun and games until someone loses their left nut to a flattie in a yak!;)

Second float and you boat a keeper? Well done.

I'm jealous and still looking for my first keeper in NPH. I catch shorts a plenty, and I'm generally too excited to remember my net. I end up going for the head pinch. They seem to calm down pretty quickly when their face gets smooshed. After your near-nut-crushing-disaster I'll be netting from now on.

Do you give lessons? (jk)

@joe yeah I stopped by grants today to look at another net. I've got a nice baseball sized ring of puncture holes and bruises about for inches south of the money maker. Would I wrestle another flatty into the yak dundie style? Yeaaaah but not unless I have to

Bounceball! Bounceball! Bounceall! I kill them in the deepest part of the channel dragging dodgers + small green hoochies + large sardine on two 4-O circles off of downriggers about an hour and 1-1/2 before to 1-hour after high slack. I very rarely catch sub-legals. Actually, if it isn't 10-LB+, it isn't worth cleaning and donating so let it grow. Best of luck!

Nice job man! Maybe one day you'll set hte 8lb mono IFGA records for biggest California Halibut!

Me too am envious, no hali for me in 5-6 trips :cool:

I bet he tasted gooooood!

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I did sashimi last night and it was delicious. What is the 8lb. mono record on hali by the way?

@keptman ill pm you in a sec

Very nice!:luxhello:

I'm diggin' the deck shot, William!
 

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Man, for a second there, I thought you were describing the fight of a Yellowtail in your post. You're f'n stoked! Obviously. I'm stoked for ya'!



Halibut put up a good fight on light, Bass tackle. That's for sure.
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40 lb yo-yo set up...not so much! :D
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Welcome to the site.

Make it exciting and fish Cabrillo, there's quality bycatch there.
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That looks to be about a 12lb black firestone you got there.....nice