09-26-2011, 10:50 AM | #1 |
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success!!!
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09-26-2011, 11:51 AM | #2 |
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Bite him back! That's always the best part anyways.
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09-26-2011, 12:03 PM | #3 |
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Second time out and you get a legal halibut, I'm envious. Good job.
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09-26-2011, 12:20 PM | #4 |
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Way to go William!
Either you are completely unprepared or just plain crazy! Going after Halis without a net or a gaff. The good old grab the bastard by the head and wrestle him.....love it. Congrats once again Matt |
09-26-2011, 12:24 PM | #5 |
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@pchen911 I'm biteing him back as we speak! Fresh halibut lunch!
@yakmedic thanks for the words! I'm super stoked right now. I've caught big fish from boats before on heavy gear but there is nothing like working a fish on light tackle. Looking forward to many more from my yak. I've got the bug! |
09-26-2011, 12:25 PM | #6 |
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Nice job, 2 trips out, legal 'but, now you're hooked.
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09-26-2011, 12:28 PM | #7 |
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A little bit of both! My first adventure I flipped my yak and didn't have my landing net secured properly and lost it. I'm originally from florida and we wrestle gators down there so ifelt comfortable trying to man handle a hali till I get a new net!
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09-26-2011, 12:50 PM | #8 |
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nice fish.nice last name-guesing Czech?
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09-26-2011, 01:00 PM | #9 |
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09-26-2011, 01:30 PM | #10 |
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nice fish and sweet that you got it on a light tackle.
i just finished my last hali last night. had it in a cioppino, yummy. |
09-26-2011, 01:38 PM | #11 |
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Do you have a recipe for that? I don't know what it is but me and my wife love trying new cultural dishes. I just had a baked fillet with a citrus ginger glaze on a bed of wild rice and steamed asparigus.
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09-26-2011, 02:25 PM | #12 |
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Sweetness! But ummm...you're dripping slime onto the floor. My wife would cut my yak in two...good job!
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09-26-2011, 02:42 PM | #13 |
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Holy s***! Are you spying on my house? What you can't see in the picture is a very angry camera woman yelling at me to scrub the whole kitchen when I'm done filleting that thing!
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09-26-2011, 04:48 PM | #14 |
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I like this post well done, welcome to the addiction, you will fit in just fine.
Now if you will excuse me I gotta go to the freezer and take out a halibut fillet, cuz this made me hungry...congrats on the nice butt, can't beat the light tackle halis |
09-26-2011, 05:01 PM | #15 |
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Congrats on your nice cherry popper butt William. Most folks fish a long time before they get a legal flatty.
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09-26-2011, 05:57 PM | #16 |
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nicely done!
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09-26-2011, 06:27 PM | #17 |
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nice job on the light tackle butt whoopin. How's the water in the harbor right now? I'm heading there tomorrow.
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09-26-2011, 06:32 PM | #18 |
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I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.
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09-26-2011, 06:40 PM | #19 |
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Huge tidal movent, the tomato soup has moved back out and the waters clearer then it was a few days ago. Still kinda warm dispite the colder weather we've been having. The harbor was empty today too. I didn't see any other yaks and only one rental skiff on the water in the 3 hours I was out there. I wish I could have spent the day out there.
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09-26-2011, 06:59 PM | #20 |
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Sweet...................
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