La Jolla report 2-16
 

Finally go out to La Jolla after completing a s--t load of honey do's.
Launched at 0530 to very small surf. Made bait easily at first light and started fishing a 3 way swivel rig with a greenback in 120' of water.
No action till 0800 when it felt like my line was snagged on the bottom. Started pull it up and I thought I had a chunk of kelp. Half way up I felt the head shakes but this fish was coming up with very little fight. Got to color fairly quickly and saw it was a keeper halibut. Gaffed her in the stomach and it took off and ripped the gaff out of the stomach and headed for the bottom. I worked her back fairly easily and stuck the gaff in her head this time, got the game clip on and cut her throat, Game over. No other action for the rest of the day. Off the water a 1300

She weighed in at 19.6 gutted and bled.

Yanni I'm using the head and carcass to make the fish soup you told me about and also making those fish meatballs you posted the other day.
Thanks for the recipes

Great fish Sven!!!

WTG!!

Good eats right there!

Nice meeting you out there today.

Geno

Nice fish, Congrats.

That's what I was targeting today and all I got was a sunburn.

Nice Photo, BTW :D:D:D:D:D

Congrats and thanks for the timely report. Enjoy.

Nice Hali!

Hey that's not the stomach! :eek:

You missed it by about a foot!:eek::eek:

Nice fish though Sven! Congrats!

Good one Sven. BTW it ain't game over til those bastards are in pieces in a freezer bag. Up til then they may just be playing possum.

Sven,

What a catch!!! Smart play on the halibut by not losing
your cool!

I'm honored that you're using FishermansBelly's recipes.

Here's what it could look like when you're creating your stock.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegall..._head_soup.jpg

I was too busy to go out and fish today. But, soon our remodel will be done, and Fishermansbelly.com will have a new website. Which will include a new
halibut soup recipe with chunks of halibut and baby octopus. Stay tuned.

Nice fish Sven!!!

Way to go Sven! Your always killing it.... Dude you lost a lot of weight you look 10 years younger.

Sven? I thought it was CHUCKD!

Haha, Its funny that you said that cuz when I saw the pic I did a double take thinking the same thing.

Yum.

Life is sweet.

Great catch Sven, looks like some great eats too. Congrats!

great catch Sven! Those hali's sure put on a show when you gaff them.

You're not one of those "lucky shirt" guys, are you? Never mind, so obvious lol. Great job S-Dawg! Jim

Nice work!

Too bad we couldn't get you one last week, but I glad you picked up this one! Nice fish for sure!

Tight! Good job amigo

Awesome catch! Congrats!