First Halibut Today-HB Harbor - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

hbmoose25 · 04-06-2017, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by goldenglory18

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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Iceman · 04-06-2017, 08:28 AM

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.

hbmoose25 · 04-06-2017, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

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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Amish Ed · 04-06-2017, 09:44 AM

Also try drop shotting Zoom Flukes (that's the 4") in smokey shad.

goldenglory18 · 04-06-2017, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

...smelt...Carolina rig....

...3-4 inch smelt like plastics on 1/4-1/2 oz lead head.

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Originally Posted by KayakCrabber

...3" gulp Alive Shrimp...1/4 ounce lead head... very slow...

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Originally Posted by Amish Ed

...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...

Amish Ed · 04-06-2017, 10:08 AM

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.

Hunters Pa · 04-06-2017, 10:13 AM

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"

OCPhisher · 04-06-2017, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Amish Ed

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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04-06-2017, 08:28 AM	#2
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	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. __________________

04-06-2017, 09:44 AM	#4
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,903	Also try drop shotting Zoom Flukes (that's the 4") in smokey shad. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

04-06-2017, 10:08 AM	#6
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,903	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. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

04-06-2017, 10:13 AM	#7
Hunters Pa Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fullerton Posts: 1,358	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"