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05-17-2009, 10:42 PM | #1 |
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The other white meat...
That's a pretty sick photo, Larry. I'm always impressed by well cooridinated color combinations. The matching set of rods with earth toned foul weather gear and that beautiful fish to match. I'm even more impressed by guys who don't use a game-clip on big Halibut . Did she freak out with the face gaff and Boga grip approach?
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05-17-2009, 11:00 PM | #2 |
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AWESOME!!! simply AWESOME !!! way to go .....H
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05-18-2009, 05:53 AM | #3 |
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.. Damn Larry. When I spoke to you last night I wasn't expecting her to be that big!
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05-18-2009, 06:33 AM | #4 |
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Wow!
I can see by the marks on your boat that it's barely legal. Looks like you had to stretch it out a bit! Very impressive.
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05-18-2009, 06:55 AM | #5 |
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Seeing her come to color was a heart-stopper for sure. But since
panicking is not allowed on my boat, I gaffed her on the first swing, and she sat there looking up at me going, "now what?" I got lucky that she didn't go super crazy, she was kinda "chill'n" actually to start with. Since I didn't have my big fish bat with me, I gingerly pedaled over to the closest PB who helped out with "calming her down" in exchange for a picture of his little boy with the halibut. Thanks Jack. The bright orange "stream machine" is for kayak water fights and/or washing the deck down on the water before the blood and slime dries ... After wrestling with this big slimy thing for pictures, I looked like I'd been barfed on by an ALIEN - from head to toe. Well worth it! The blue boat bumper was orpaned in the middle of the kelp. (?) I went to check it out, no ropes on it so I consdered it litter and kept it for the kids. She only weighed 21 pounds, 43 inches, I'll have to get that scale checked! . .[Edit] OK, seemed a lot heavier, she was over thirty pounds, dang scale! More pix @ http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...albumview=grid Here's me almost tipping over --- (Tipping is not just a city in China!) Here's how you pedal in ---- (Who needs a game clip when you got a trout stringer?!) Last edited by blackcloud9; 05-18-2009 at 09:00 AM. |
05-18-2009, 07:10 AM | #6 |
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Beautiful fish! Definitely get that scale checked. Congrats!!
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05-18-2009, 07:32 AM | #7 |
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The halibut length / weight chart says a 43" halibut should weigh around 37 lbs. Throw that scale out. Nice fish!
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05-18-2009, 07:54 AM | #8 |
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Thanks Grey that makes me feel better. I tried to check my digital scale
at home and it wouldn't register weight anymore. Opened up the battery area and it was all corroded. Duh. I thought it was strange that I got like 25+ lbs of fillets off a 20 lb fish, that's fillet magic! I'll call it "30-something". |
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Quote:
-One must have a hint of color you know- Nice fish Larry. |
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