Killing a Halibut - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kaya_one · 08-08-2013, 10:27 PM

I hear about all the seasoned halibut hunters using billy clubs. I don't plan to buy a club, but I do have a knife. I've never landed a legal hali on the yak so never had the need to kill one.
What about stabbing its brain with the knife and wouldn't that work?

silentsmell · 08-08-2013, 11:51 PM

Is it possible to brain spike a halibut like you would a tuna?

Dirty Curti · 08-09-2013, 09:53 AM

Killing it and marinating it at the same time...sounds pretty efficient to me.

Cbad Mike · 08-09-2013, 06:41 PM

Halibut are just plain mean creatures to begin with... Imagine how mean and pissed off one would be with a hangover. Plus if they get all wasted instead of dying they will spend the rest of the day bugging you to hit the Mexican drive through on the way home. There's no need to buy it a drink, just clobber it.

Zed · 08-09-2013, 07:17 PM

It works.
Alcohol is an anesthetic. I knew a diaper hanger from the Caribbean that trolled from island to island and bringing a hot 'hoo on board a sailboat wasnt wise. he would spay vodka in the gills to knock it out to bring aboard. A waste for a but if you ask me.

Mainline · 08-09-2013, 07:44 PM

I`ve seen this technique used on dorado in loreto. The pangero poured a shot of what he said was tequilla and the fished immediately lost all color and stopped moving. Don`t know if they were dead or just passed out....come to think of it, it had the same effect on one the our friends down in loreto that trip!

FishNinjaY · 08-10-2013, 03:01 AM

i've heard WD40 works..

08-09-2013, 09:53 AM	#3
Dirty Curti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 419	Killing it and marinating it at the same time...sounds pretty efficient to me. __________________

08-09-2013, 06:41 PM	#4
Cbad Mike Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Carlsbad Ca. Posts: 1,206	Halibut are just plain mean creatures to begin with... Imagine how mean and pissed off one would be with a hangover. Plus if they get all wasted instead of dying they will spend the rest of the day bugging you to hit the Mexican drive through on the way home. There's no need to buy it a drink, just clobber it. __________________ [SIGPIC]

08-09-2013, 07:17 PM	#5
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	It works. Alcohol is an anesthetic. I knew a diaper hanger from the Caribbean that trolled from island to island and bringing a hot 'hoo on board a sailboat wasnt wise. he would spay vodka in the gills to knock it out to bring aboard. A waste for a but if you ask me. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

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08-08-2013, 10:27 PM	#1
kaya_one Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Encinitas Posts: 257	I hear about all the seasoned halibut hunters using billy clubs. I don't plan to buy a club, but I do have a knife. I've never landed a legal hali on the yak so never had the need to kill one. What about stabbing its brain with the knife and wouldn't that work?

08-08-2013, 11:51 PM	#2
silentsmell Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 117	Is it possible to brain spike a halibut like you would a tuna?

08-09-2013, 07:44 PM	#6
Mainline Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: San Diego Ca. Posts: 33	I`ve seen this technique used on dorado in loreto. The pangero poured a shot of what he said was tequilla and the fished immediately lost all color and stopped moving. Don`t know if they were dead or just passed out....come to think of it, it had the same effect on one the our friends down in loreto that trip!

08-10-2013, 03:01 AM	#7
FishNinjaY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Seal Beach, CA Posts: 428	i've heard WD40 works..