christmas halibut - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Ed · 12-26-2009, 04:00 PM

Congratulations. Can you feel that yak fishing fever?. It gets worse and better every time out. Thanks for the holiday report.

yaky yak · 12-26-2009, 05:39 PM

Congrats on the Christmas hali. You'll learn to love that fishfinder, a vary usefull tool.

Tman · 12-26-2009, 05:43 PM

Good for you young mola...bring a net next time and hopefully you will find a keeper...they are in there...

If you can make a couple bait (smelt), send them down, do a slow drift, and I am sure you will get a keeper.

Thanks for the report

young mola · 12-26-2009, 07:37 PM

ive got a net but its just a basic like rope one i heard if you net a halibut with one it messes up their tail and in a few days theyll get tail rot if you throw em back?

GregAndrew · 12-26-2009, 07:58 PM

That is true Mola. You should either get a net that has the very small holes in it or get yourself a boga type of grip. For halibuts up to about 26 inches I have found my plastic fish gripper (looks like a plastic vise grip) up to the task. It can be a little tricky to get it into their mouth though (gotta be fast).

Gino · 12-26-2009, 10:12 PM

You can always grab them on the shoulder with your index and thumb fingers, right behind the gill plate there is a little dimple. that always works for me, I used to use a promar net (not the cool folding one) and found it to be a pain becuase the hooks would get snagged, so does the halibuts teeth, The net was nice on their tails though.

emrliquidlife · 12-27-2009, 08:05 AM

Just saw those Gulp Ghost shrimps. I have always been looking for something that mimics the rock shrimp that frequent the breakwalls.

That Gulp ghost shrimp in Red should crush it.

Thanks for the read.

Ed

12-26-2009, 05:43 PM	#3
Tman BRTF...bought & paid... Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,247	Good for you young mola...bring a net next time and hopefully you will find a keeper...they are in there... If you can make a couple bait (smelt), send them down, do a slow drift, and I am sure you will get a keeper. Thanks for the report __________________ Adios Tman Gaffer for Clay the Fishcatcher

12-27-2009, 08:05 AM	#7
emrliquidlife Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 59	Just saw those Gulp Ghost shrimps. I have always been looking for something that mimics the rock shrimp that frequent the breakwalls. That Gulp ghost shrimp in Red should crush it. Thanks for the read. Ed __________________ - MLPA Soldier awaiting further instructions -

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12-26-2009, 04:00 PM	#1
Ed Fringe Head Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drippin Chicken Water Ranch Posts: 140	Congratulations. Can you feel that yak fishing fever?. It gets worse and better every time out. Thanks for the holiday report.

12-26-2009, 05:39 PM	#2
yaky yak Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Riverside, calif Posts: 130	Congrats on the Christmas hali. You'll learn to love that fishfinder, a vary usefull tool.

12-26-2009, 07:37 PM	#4
young mola Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: oceanside Posts: 32	ive got a net but its just a basic like rope one i heard if you net a halibut with one it messes up their tail and in a few days theyll get tail rot if you throw em back?

12-26-2009, 07:58 PM	#5
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	That is true Mola. You should either get a net that has the very small holes in it or get yourself a boga type of grip. For halibuts up to about 26 inches I have found my plastic fish gripper (looks like a plastic vise grip) up to the task. It can be a little tricky to get it into their mouth though (gotta be fast).

12-26-2009, 10:12 PM	#6
Gino Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 520	You can always grab them on the shoulder with your index and thumb fingers, right behind the gill plate there is a little dimple. that always works for me, I used to use a promar net (not the cool folding one) and found it to be a pain becuase the hooks would get snagged, so does the halibuts teeth, The net was nice on their tails though.