when life gives you smelt......
 

....catch HUGE halibut

hit la jolla for some afternoon fishing, the plan was to get smelt and then go fish for halibut, the plan was a success

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/3...video/14443920

measured 51 1/2 inches, 53lbs on the digital scale, my first fish on the kayak after fishing la jolla for a year, now i get to replace the skunk smell with halibut smell

Nice Fish bud

nice 1!!!:cheers1:

did it have a 3 oz. glow egg sinker swinging from his head by any chance?

How much did it weigh? Awesome fish! Tough one to best.

Nick, I'll email you the pics Asap, Nice fish!:notworthy:

Congratulations on the Halibut, #53 is a Trophy Fish.

Holy sheet!:luxhello::luxhello::luxhello:

good for you but a year sounds like a long time. but i'm not from that area so i woulnd't know what it's like:you_rock:

Nice one!!! If you went a year without catching and this is your first, you most certainly earned that one!!!

Holy crap that is a big ass barn door!!! You're one of the few people on this planet that has a bigger PB fish than the darkhorse. :you_rock:

Nice fish!!! Congrats man. Nice work!

Good luck topping that! That might be a IGKFA record at 53lbs. :notworthy:

Nice Fish! Did you catch that beast north of the pier or out by the kelp?

The California angling record stands at 58 lb. and 9 oz. caught by Roger W. Borrell at Santa Rosa Island on July 26<SUP>th,</SUP> 1999.

72 lb. and 8 oz. halibut was speared at Santa Cruz Island

Could be a Line class record though! That fish is probebly 30 years old. Since they have banned the gill netting those fish have the chance to grow big like that.:cheers1:

Wade- there was no glowing egg sinker hanging from it, go back and get that one you lost!

this thing put up a hell of a fight, surprised i didn't lose it, missed the gaff shot twice and had to take pauses in fighting it so i could paddle out of the surf zone

I went from excitement to nervousness when I saw how big it was, filleted it up last night and threw some on the grill, very tasty.

I will probably never catch one like this again but that is one hell of a fish to have as my first

nice monster.. so whens dinner :)

very impressive, congrats.

congrats! I was parked next to you on the beach with the white Tundra who was taking off......good to see somebody hooked into something:)

:notworthy: That's a lot more than just a nice fish, that's a fish of a lifetime! Incredible catch man :cheers1:

Wow thats a fish! congrats!