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Originally Posted by jorluivil
You still didn't answer the question.
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I don't have an exact answer for you.
Without getting it on a tape measure or weight scale I don't want to guess about the size of the halibut I lost. Our minds can play tricks on us and I wouldn't want to exaggerate.
Around San Diego I would be appreciative of catching halibut from 20 pounds up. I would like to be prepared to successfully land a halibut in my kayak over 40 pounds.
As a visual comparison to the length/weight figures above, this one weighed in at 43.3 pounds. That would put it at about 45" long.
I've heard people in forums boast of higher numbers as if 40 pounds was as laughable as a small dick, but who knows? Talk is cheap and BS is sometimes known to flow freely in fishing forums.
Maybe this will help answer your question. It would be nice to see some bell shaped curves as well, so can know the percentages by the number of standard deviations.
65 cm is about 25". According to this chart that comes at about 7 years. That makes me a little sad. If a 7 year old fish is only 25" then how old are the fish we see in local photos that are in the 40-60 pound range?
According to Wikipedia, typical California Halibut are between 6-50 pounds.
From another source, the top weight of this species is 72 lbs and the lifespan is 30 years.
Females reach sexual maturity in 4-5 years; 2-3 years for males.
California halibut are generally older in southern CA compared to central CA.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/..._californicus/
67.3 pounds
https://www.fishwithjd.com/2011/07/0...-world-record/
55 lbs
https://youtu.be/AFdq72KXOy4