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Batmann · 09-16-2016, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MITCHELL

To be exact

Mitchell,

Did you catch that hali in San Diego Bay?

Nice fish. Catch of a lifetime!

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MITCHELL · 09-17-2016, 04:33 AM

San Diego bay

taggermike · 09-17-2016, 08:13 AM

Congrats, quality Hali for sure.

There are many better Hali anglers than me in this board that use traps, but I gave up using them years ago. I found I still missed fish ( not sure how). Caught more short halis, multitudes more lizard fish, and gut hooked too many sand bass. Mike

MITCHELL · 09-17-2016, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by taggermike

Congrats, quality Hali for sure.

There are many better Hali anglers than me in this board that use traps, but I gave up using them years ago. I found I still missed fish ( not sure how). Caught more short halis, multitudes more lizard fish, and gut hooked too many sand bass. Mike

Ya that's for sure the last two times I went for halibut I used a trap rig but not like the way Jorge ties them I got a sandbass and two short halibut released

alanw · 09-17-2016, 06:54 PM

Nice catch Mitch. I was getting a lot of raked baits so decided to switch to a trap hook halibut rig. I'm going to try putting the trap hook further up like Jorge posted because I've been hooking it back by the tail and my bait is tiring too fast, costing me too much bait.

Vikingj · 09-17-2016, 07:41 PM

Super nice fish! A fish that big takes more than luck and you have demonstrated some real skill in bagging that big boy. Thanks for sharing your procedure and if something works for you keep doing it.
Personally, I use a trap hook and I caught a 15lb hali today that I would not have nailed without it. You can also use a single J or circle hook instead of a treble as a trap hook and avoid some of the damage that others have mentioned.

Aaron&Julie · 09-18-2016, 01:02 AM

Nice 'but, congrats.

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09-17-2016, 08:13 AM	#3
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Congrats, quality Hali for sure. There are many better Hali anglers than me in this board that use traps, but I gave up using them years ago. I found I still missed fish ( not sure how). Caught more short halis, multitudes more lizard fish, and gut hooked too many sand bass. Mike

09-17-2016, 07:41 PM	#6
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	Super nice fish! A fish that big takes more than luck and you have demonstrated some real skill in bagging that big boy. Thanks for sharing your procedure and if something works for you keep doing it. Personally, I use a trap hook and I caught a 15lb hali today that I would not have nailed without it. You can also use a single J or circle hook instead of a treble as a trap hook and avoid some of the damage that others have mentioned.