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King Saba 01-07-2018 06:49 PM

Long Beach Barndoor 1/7/18
 
http://i.imgur.com/hszsIkwl.jpg

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.

jhernandez 01-07-2018 06:59 PM

Thats awesome!

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Ggiannig89 01-07-2018 07:15 PM

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

FISH11 01-07-2018 07:19 PM

SWEEEEEEEET BUTT!

StumpFisher 01-07-2018 07:37 PM

Awesome!! Great pic!

DanaPT 01-07-2018 07:40 PM

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

Good work!

King Saba 01-07-2018 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaPT (Post 289365)
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.

steveooo 01-07-2018 08:20 PM

Heck yeah! That’s a nice one!

Orca Winfrey 01-07-2018 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaPT (Post 289365)
Nice fish and without a gaff? Impressive way to bring in the new year.

Good work!

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.

Orca Winfrey 01-07-2018 08:57 PM

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.

Orca Winfrey 01-07-2018 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ggiannig89 (Post 289362)
I caught one that size last year. The steaks on that fish are amazing. Good job and congrats on the prize.

Thanks! Yes. Plenty of delicious steaks.

aftahour 01-07-2018 09:57 PM

Nice hali. Bet it put up a good fight

Orca Winfrey 01-07-2018 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by aftahour (Post 289372)
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.

goldenglory18 01-08-2018 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Orca Winfrey (Post 289373)
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!!!

ratdog 01-08-2018 08:05 AM

Very impressive, Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Flounder 01-08-2018 08:23 AM

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

ore714 01-08-2018 08:25 AM

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

Iceman 01-08-2018 09:01 AM

Boom! nice fish :luxhello:

Orca Winfrey 01-08-2018 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ore714 (Post 289381)
Glad you were able to wrangle the butt without a gaff!!! :reel::reel::reel::reel:

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

Orca Winfrey 01-08-2018 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ratdog (Post 289378)
Very impressive, Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flounder (Post 289380)
Great catch! hopefully this year we can all post one this big!

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Originally Posted by Iceman (Post 289382)
Boom! nice fish :luxhello:

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


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