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Old 07-31-2008, 07:14 PM   #1
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7/31 Butt



Launched @ gray light and headed to the kelp for bait. Made 3 macs and headed out to 100 ft.

Trolled through the middle of the fleet and stopped to soak the bait, 10 seconds later my reel sounded a few short bursts, and a long scream.

At first I thought it was a Calico that lost its way from the kelp because of how easy it came up, but that changed after a dozen cranks. Barn door on the hook, and I knew it was a Hali.

This fish went Nuts yak side, after I stuck him he shook so violently he broke my new promar gaff.
My friend Jason quickly handed me a second gaff and I stuck him again, and beat him with what was left of the first gaff.
-That really pissed him off, but I kept at it until he was seeing stars.

I game clipped him and tore out his gills, then bagged him up in an industrial drum liner bag float and hide him from the circling dogs.
It was a tight fit in the Adventure's hatch, but we stuffed him in there. Thats where a couple of friends come in handy.
It weighed in @ 28.4 lbs.

Thanks Elbie and Jason


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Old 07-31-2008, 07:38 PM   #2
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Nice but! Good job man!
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Old 07-31-2008, 07:52 PM   #3
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Nice fish Billy, very cool!
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Old 07-31-2008, 08:56 PM   #4
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Sweet! Nice halibut. That's the only decent fish I heard about today.
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Old 07-31-2008, 09:02 PM   #5
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Old 07-31-2008, 09:26 PM   #6
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congrats.
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Old 07-31-2008, 09:56 PM   #7
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Good job on the hali
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Old 08-01-2008, 06:32 AM   #8
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Very nice!! How long, 39" -43"?

Take it easy!

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Old 08-01-2008, 07:02 AM   #9
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Looks pretty rough out there.
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Old 08-01-2008, 07:54 AM   #10
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Nice one Billy! That thing come up from the depths or did you have a fair amount of weight on the line to get the mac down?
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Old 08-01-2008, 08:01 AM   #11
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It was good to see someone out of the fleet be successful yesterday. I heard the water temp changed from the day before making the big difference in the bite. Anyway nice to see your halibut hanging from truck at launch.
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Old 08-01-2008, 10:10 AM   #12
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Nice butt
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Old 08-01-2008, 03:00 PM   #13
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Very nice hali!
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Old 08-01-2008, 07:44 PM   #14
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Old 08-01-2008, 07:48 PM   #15
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Nice one Billy! That thing come up from the depths or did you have a fair amount of weight on the line to get the mac down?
I used my standard trolling rig a 2 oz. sliding egg sinker on a Carolina rig. I had out about 75-85 ft of line. I had just stopped to soak the bait after a long troll.

He was swimming, not on the bottom.

I didn't have my tape measure so I'm not sure of the length.
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Old 08-03-2008, 11:17 PM   #16
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Killer fish!

Best eating ever!!
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Old 08-04-2008, 07:59 AM   #17
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Nice Halibut
Glad to see someone with a fish
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Old 08-05-2008, 12:20 PM   #18
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Very nice!
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