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 |
07-31-2008, 07:38 PM | #2 |
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Nice but! Good job man!
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07-31-2008, 07:52 PM | #3 |
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Nice fish Billy, very cool!
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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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07-31-2008, 09:02 PM | #5 |
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sweet flatty
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07-31-2008, 09:26 PM | #6 |
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congrats.
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07-31-2008, 09:56 PM | #7 |
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Good job on the hali
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08-01-2008, 06:32 AM | #8 |
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Very nice!! How long, 39" -43"?
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08-01-2008, 07:02 AM | #9 |
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Looks pretty rough out there.
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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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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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08-01-2008, 10:10 AM | #12 |
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Nice butt
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08-01-2008, 03:00 PM | #13 |
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Very nice hali!
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08-01-2008, 07:44 PM | #14 |
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Nice one
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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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08-03-2008, 11:17 PM | #16 |
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Killer fish!
Best eating ever!!
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08-04-2008, 07:59 AM | #17 |
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Nice Halibut
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08-05-2008, 12:20 PM | #18 |
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Very nice!
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