Long Beach Barndoor 1/7/18
 

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Orca's got lady luck on his side. We landed this thing with no gaff or net. I came in with the assist and sunk the fish grip in its mouth. Once I got it I dragged it in and went primal on it giving it some good brain trauma. Sucker taped out at 40" with a 29" girth. We're est. near 30lbs. Should've brought a scale.

Thats awesome!

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I caught one that size last year. The steaks on that fish are amazing. Good job and congrats on the prize.

SWEEEEEEEET BUTT!

Awesome!! Great pic!

Nice fish and without a gaff? Impressive way to bring in the new year.

Good work!

Thanks! It was a team effort. I think I had more fun than Orca. Yeah no gaff. I've fished these grounds for over a year now and this is only the second halibut I've come across. After today I'll be bringing a gaff with me.

Heck yeah! That’s a nice one!

I wouldn’t have landed it without Saba’s Help. The dude is a fishacidal maniac.
I was kind of wanting to see if Saba would have lipped it. I’ll bet he would have tried rather than let it escape.

Thanks all. Saba knows how to handle fish! That thing had a set of choppers it wanted to use on him. If he wasn’t there, I would have chickened out and released it. After this, I know that the FG knot is very reliable.

Thanks! Yes. Plenty of delicious steaks.

Nice hali. Bet it put up a good fight

Yes. It was an amazing and fun fight. Multiple runs where it went from surface to the bottom effortlessly.

They are astoundingly strong fish. I had one like that (smaller, obvi) in MDR it fought like a fish twice its size. It got me hooked on fishing Halibut for sure.

Great catch!!!

Very impressive, Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Great catch! hopefully this year we can all post one this big!

Nice Hali!
 

Glad you were able to wrangle the butt without a gaff!!! :reel::reel::reel::reel:

Boom! nice fish :luxhello:

Credit to Saba. Only Saba is crazy enough to do something like that. The guy is an animal.

Thanks all. Hope everyone gets at least one this year.