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Your obviously gonna wanna match the hatch, use your senses to see what kind of baits poppin and what the fish are eating....
Thats one of the main reasons the kayak fisherman do so well.
Depending on what bait is at what column could be a good indicator as to which fish are feeding on what.
Im gonna go ahead and steal a line from my fishing buddy after recent epiphanies that keeps resonating in my head he should have patented it.....
With halibut.....
Big Baits and Big weights get big strikes.......
The little sand dab sized halis hit like girls but the big boys will suck down a big bait and put that rod tip straight in the water pinned to the rail....
Obviously this is up to scrutiny but in some avenues in fishing somethimes the bigger fish will only hit micro baits...
But in California coastal kayak fishing most of the trophies we hunt have massive mouths and will no doubt inhale a 12"+ bait with ease. Ive caught fish on 6"macs and on 14" macs....That is if they are eating macs.
Ill tell you another tip, when targeting big fish match the hook size to the bait your using..
Last tip... Halibut definately seem to fancy a nice juicy lively sardine.
Hopefully that helps
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