First halibut on the yak!
 

Fished usual AO yesterday and caught my first legal 26" Halibut. Fish was caught of a nice smelt in 35 feet of water. Thanks BigBoy for the tips and Cabrillo boys for the motivation to seriously try for the Hali.

Conditions were windy at different times throughout the day. The area had very low visibility, but was still fishable.
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Good job....

Congrats, still waiting for my first from the yak.

Way to go!

nice!!! thanks for the post...:)

Stan the MAN! Congrats bro, good eats:luxhello:

Nice butt! Big congrats!

:cheers1:

WTG! On your First Legal :D

Awesome catch, Stan! I bet the 4 filets were tasty.

What a Smile!!

Stan,about time!

I know you been wanting one real bad, must be tired of eating YT.:D



Glad that iron/power bait combo worked out for you.:cheers1:

26"? Seriously? Lets get together and get you into a big boy!!!

Congratulations!!! Very nice!
:cheers1:

Mention fresh Yellowtail and the parties start happening. I have to go to La Jolla this summer for more.

I knew I forgot something. The Power Bait! Dang!

Okay by me. Looking forward to it.


Everyone thanks for the support.

Alright stan! Good work on the hali! Glad to see your still gettn the job done up there!

Matt:cool:? Really:mad:? That is a Cabrillo Housewives recipe only:D. I thought that recipe was reserved for the chosen few:D. Stan, welcome to the club!! Let the bashing begin!!!!

Way to go Stan! Congrats on your cherry popper butt. :luxhello:

Congrats on your first , Keep at it , you'll get some big ones right there at your home turf. :cheers1:

Congrats!! :luxhello: You might want to go out with Matt though, cause George is having a hard time finding a Butt with both hands right now :D.

What you talkin bout Willis?

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Congrats Stan....the halis are going to come rolling in now...

I bet you thought it was a thresher at first ;)

@ George - will you get your "butt" off TheBentRod - and make your own thread....haha

Feels good huh! Nice work :cool:

Ooooooooooooh!:p

I heard the real story on that fish and the credit goes to matt again! Gregs right....go with matt!

Congrats! Nice job!

Awesome job, my buddy hooked into a Halibut yesterday we estimated 24 to 26 inches, and it popped at the side of the YAK ;(

Congrats. It almost looks like a deep water sole, due to a lack of much mottling.

ok Stan, let's rock up here...nice job on your first of many...:reel:

I'm sure the story was sweetened up a bit by Matt. If he had the skills he would have caught that fish:D, but because he doesn't I had to do it for him.

Thanks everyone. Tried for another one this week but was unsuccessful. I probably tried too long for the WSB.

There is always next weekend!

[QUOTE=TheBentRod;125385]Thanks everyone. Tried for another one this week but was unsuccessful. I probably tried too long for the WSB.

There is always next weekend![/QUOT


Get em Stan!

good job on your fish! this spot looks familiar?