Hali's return to OC
 

'bout time. First legal hali in 7 months: 43", 31 lbs, small sardine, 25# fluorocarbon leader w trap hook.

Yeah buddy! !!

I still dont have a 30pounder:(

Nice fish. Good eats right there!! I need to start targeting the butts again

Sweet! Nice flatty!

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Well done Wayne -

I was out the day after in one of our other areas and scored but not nearly a big and hefty as yours.
Ya gotta take what the ocean gives ya and you were given much.

Congrats

Nicholas

Very nice flatty. Those larger models have been elusive in the DP area this year. I had an interesting hook up on one a couple weeks ago. I was on the edge of the canyon off the headlands in 185 feet of water. I was fishing a dropper with a fairly large mack. I had decided to reel in and reset my drift. I was reading in and probably 60 feet off the bottom and got hit. After a fairly uneventful fight I have this big butt laid out next to the yak. I had decided that I wasn't going to keep anything on that day but when I saw it I realized that it was probably a personal best so decided to harvest it. While scrambling for my gaff she gave a quick head shake and came unbuttoned.

185 feet of water 60 feet off the bottom. Go figure!

Wayne -

You da' MAN! :notworthy:

Good fish, good job, and the start of some GOOD karma...

maybe that butt was attracted to your new boat. Nice job... you are on a roll!

Thanks for the kudos and Rossman sharing his experience with the pelagic hali. I read somewhere that hali tagged along the coast passed across the San Pedro Channel (3,000 - 4,000 ft deep!) to show up later in Catalina. Who would think they could swim 20+ miles in the open ocean?

Way to Go
 

That is one nice fish!!! Hope to see you on the water soon. :you_rock:

Nice beasty!

Hey Wayne,
Met you and your buddy on the water a few years ago.

This couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Way to go!

Southman :luxhello:

furthest they have been reported moving is from oceanside, to monterey bay, a tagged one

It really has been a tough year for the halibut at dana. Thankfully el nino had brought some other interesting fishing with it to keep you on your toes.

That is a very nice halibut though, congrats :luxhello:

Nice, at first glance I thought that was a new paddle board.

Wow Wayne!! That's a sweet fish!! And on a sardine...
It seems with all the macks around, those halibuts
would be feeding only on them.

Nice job finding a trophy.

Thought I had better check out the stats on that and I was a little off. Ichthyologist Milton Love at UC Santa Barbara reports that 2 Calif Halibut he tagged in Santa Monica Bay were recovered in Morro Bay (194-198mi) and 2 others wound up at Santa Cruz Is (181mi). BTW I strongly recommend M. S. Love's book CERTAINLY MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FISHES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN (2011)- very entertaining and informative. The above info appears on page 559.

Nice fish! Think I met you at the dock at DP Jet Ski and Kayak Center a few weeks ago. I was the bigger guy asking about your new outback. Maybe I'll see you out there soon.

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Nice Butt! :cheers1: