Hali(?) Question

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by pbb

Does a Halibut fight kind of like a submerged log, with occasional signs that there is something alive on the line?

Something matching that description broke off my leader this evening in MB, when it was right under the boat but before I could see it.

Of course it was the pole with the six pound flouro leader and 8 lb. mono main. The other pole had a wire leader and 15 lb. flouro main. Figures.

Speaking from experience at a minimum you should feel some head shakes, I can't recall a time when I brought up a hali that didn't shake it's head.