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Old 12-28-2013, 09:55 PM   #7
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I'm thinking that what I referred to as "occasional signs that there is something alive on the line" were the infamous head shakes. The rest of the time it felt like I had hooked into a big kelp forest and was slowly pulling it and the yak closer together.

The chance I snagged on something seems close to zero, as I was using an offset worm hook with the point stuck in a grub.

Plus there aren't so many big kelp forests on the floor of Mission Bay.

So I think I won't be using the 6 lb. leaders anymore.
In the limited halibut experience I have, I never encountered two that fought similarly. The head shaking is the only consistancy. Some dug in like rays, some ran hard, and others practically swam right up to my yak and jumped into my lap.
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