Lost another one
 

Still oit at DP but had to share just hooked a legal halibut got him boat side all was good went to gaff got him went to put the game clip in and he flipped out broke my fish finder mount and he would have took my gaff if it wasnt connected to my yak so yer another disappointing day of fishing I can jook em I just cant capitalize hopefully ill actually get to keep one soon. At least I got one step closer than the last halibut I caught.

I can't help but laugh and feel horrible all at once reading your posts over the last weeks. The big one is coming, you are just storing up the karma.

I know its coming to the point where its funny

oh man, tough luck. It's kind of funny how you can hook em but can't land them.

Soon enough, you'll get the deal closed.

painful to read your posts about the ones that get away.

Ouch....I feel for ya brother...

you're getting closer and closer next time the big one will be yours!!!

Did manage to wrangle this guy 17in

Hook came out too?

Oh yea flopped all over my yak glad I didnt get a treble hook in the leg

Cracking up right now. I feel bad for you bro. Still a little jealous about how much time you spend on the water though. Hey I think I'm gonna hit La Jolla on Sunday, you interested?

You're due for a record fish. You'll get it.

Think about becoming a doctor--you have great patience. :):confused:

Yea im down, I just have to see which day the wife works next weekend.

Like your flag says KCCO!

if you start taking your time to locate their gut, and stick em there first, you won't have that problem anymore. They will freeze on the gaff, and stay that way, until you take them off. feel's bad when you put a hole in them, and then they swim away.

Yea I tried but as soon as I got him next to my yak he went airborne then dove it did this 3 or 4 times and was still for even a second.

Ouch... Sorry to hear.

When you gaff halibut, don't bring it on board - let it hang on the gaff while you're running the gameclip through his mouth. When roped, then you should be good to pull up

Its all a learning experience. Everytime I go out it seems im learning something.

You did better than me today. After you paddled off I fished off doheny a bit longer and then the harbor a bit, no bites. Then I went over to the rock piles off doheny and kept one eye on those swells. The sun broke through for a while at around 4, and around that time I hooked up a few short calicos, 11-12".

There's a net behind you...considering your luck lately it would have probably been better to net him, then smash his brain boat side. Oh well, live and learn.

Net was inside the kayak pulled it out after haha. That was my plan if I got another one.

"they say you have to lose a couple fights before you win "

Only use that type of net on for sure keepers. It will cut the tail on most Halibut which is pretty bad for them.

It's coming together! Any day is a good day when you're on the water. SF.

Gaff
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Clip

One stiff whack to the head will mellow them out long enough for you to clip or rope them

Yea I deff need another net what would be a good net to get?

For Halibut, get one that has a net that looks like it is for bait. It will have small holes (smaller than the end of your pinky finger) and thick material (either woven or rubberized).

I catch and release my fish 99% of the time and use a large rubber mesh landing net. I bought mine from Bass Pro.

I've caught legal butts and landed them in the net without any obvious issues.

I also have a smaller one for trout fishing that works well (from Sport Chalet), minimize handling for a "healthy" release.

Promar makes a net with knotless catch and release mesh. It's very soft and the holes are smaller than a normal angler net.

The rubber nets seem like a good idea to avoid getting stray tackle caught up.