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Old 04-05-2017, 08:23 PM   #1
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First Halibut Today-HB Harbor

Got my first Halibut today fishing HB Harbor. Only problem was that it was 21 inches and I had to throw it back. Caught a couple of small spotted bass and just before I called it a day, I caught a Legal Spotted Bass. I hooked it so deep in it's throat I had to keep it. Does anyone eat these? The spotted bass actually put up a better fight than the Halibut, Go figure.
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Old 04-05-2017, 09:34 PM   #2
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Nice... I haven't had any luck the last couple times I been there


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Old 04-05-2017, 09:47 PM   #3
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Good job. That can be a tough place.
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Old 04-06-2017, 06:14 AM   #4
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halibut fishing here in the harbor should be getting really good right now all over but especially from the PCH bridge to Peters Landing
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Old 04-06-2017, 07:24 AM   #5
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halibut fishing here in the harbor should be getting really good right now all over but especially from the PCH bridge to Peters Landing
It's on my yearly plan to try and figure out HH... LOL
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Old 04-06-2017, 07:50 AM   #6
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halibut fishing here in the harbor should be getting really good right now all over but especially from the PCH bridge to Peters Landing


Planning to head there on Saturday with my pops. We haven't targeted Halibut out of the Yaks yet, so any tips on what rig/bait to use to get started? Going to do a little shopping today for some Tackle.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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Old 04-06-2017, 08:01 AM   #7
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...Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm not of much help with catching fish from the salt at all and its even less so in HH.

The only Halibut I've ever caught was on a jerkbait, so yeah....#clueless LOL
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Old 04-06-2017, 08:06 AM   #8
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I'm not of much help with catching fish from the salt at all and its even less so in HH.

The only Halibut I've ever caught was on a jerkbait, so yeah....#clueless LOL


Lol. Hey that's better than nothing! Lol. Thanks for the tip!


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Old 04-06-2017, 08:28 AM   #9
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Small sabikis and cheap hamburger buns to chum and catch smelt above the eel grass in 6-8 feet then pin em on a Carolina rig.. I have caught a bunch trolling Crystal Minnow deep divers in green. 3-4 inch smelt like plastics on 1/4-1/2 oz lead head.
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Old 04-06-2017, 09:41 AM   #10
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Small sabikis and cheap hamburger buns to chum and catch smelt above the eel grass in 6-8 feet then pin em on a Carolina rig.. I have caught a bunch trolling Crystal Minnow deep divers in green. 3-4 inch smelt like plastics on 1/4-1/2 oz lead head.


Thank you sir! Looking forward to getting the lines wet in Saturday!


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I was using 3" gulp Alive Shrimp in the New Penny color with a 1/4 ounce lead head, very slow retrieve dragging it on the bottom.
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Also try drop shotting Zoom Flukes (that's the 4") in smokey shad.
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...smelt...Carolina rig....

...3-4 inch smelt like plastics on 1/4-1/2 oz lead head.
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...3" gulp Alive Shrimp...1/4 ounce lead head... very slow...
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...drop shotting Zoom Flukes (that's the 4") in smokey shad.
3-4". Low. Slow.

Sounds about right to me. I can almost always contribute my lack of catching anything to me fishing too fast...
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Old 04-06-2017, 10:08 AM   #14
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I have the same problem. Too fast. On the super slow days, Steve usually does better than me. He is good at going slowwww. Me, I'll do ok for a while and then forget and speed up. Then remember and slow down again, then forget again. Over and over.
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Old 04-06-2017, 10:13 AM   #15
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Last halibut I got in HH was a real dink, but I got it on a ghost shrimp imitation that I was allowing to drag as I slowly drifted and was casting a swimbait. I think it was a "yabby crabby"
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Old 04-06-2017, 11:12 AM   #16
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Also try drop shotting Zoom Flukes (that's the 4") in smokey shad.
+1 on drop shotting Zoom Flukes. Have also had luck with the White Ice color. Another plastic I've had luck with is the Berkley Gulp Saltwater mullets in chartreuse.

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Planning to head there on Saturday with my pops. We haven't targeted Halibut out of the Yaks yet, so any tips on what rig/bait to use to get started? Going to do a little shopping today for some Tackle.

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I like to park near Seabridge park, along Countess. If you get there early enough you can back into a spot and be a few steps from the water. Depends on where you are going to target.
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Old 04-07-2017, 02:06 PM   #18
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75% of the Hali I've seen are 21.5" :/
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