braid vs mono

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by JeffB

Don't waste your money on that flourocarbon coated P-Line. It's garbage. It does not last very long, and when it gets stretched out, it stress the line really bad. I would go either 30lb mono or bigger for your evader or straight flourocarbon. You have to ask yourself if saving a couple of bucks is worth risking a big barn door? When I fish for halibut I always give them an extra sec to eat the bait. 50% of the time for me is that they miss it or let it go and I just drop back down and then I hook back up. Rather than shipping at it on the first bite, the inhale it the second time around

I agree with this post. As for using a bait hook for the trap, just stick it through like you would any other hook. I know someone on another fish board that has caught more Halibut in San Diego County in that last 5 years than anyone. He's always posting up legal sized fish and many of them going over 35" in length. I learned a lot from him.

Don't be afraid to use heavy line on the Halibuts if the bait is right they won't care about the line. Be patient with setting the hooks, give them some time to run with it a little. Look into the sliding weight setup. It works well too.