Long Beach Barndoor 1/7/18 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Orca Winfrey · 01-07-2018, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by aftahour

Nice hali. Bet it put up a good fight

Yes. It was an amazing and fun fight. Multiple runs where it went from surface to the bottom effortlessly.

goldenglory18 · 01-08-2018, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Orca Winfrey

Yes. It was an amazing and fun fight. Multiple runs where it went from surface to the bottom effortlessly.

They are astoundingly strong fish. I had one like that (smaller, obvi) in MDR it fought like a fish twice its size. It got me hooked on fishing Halibut for sure.

Great catch!!!

ratdog · 01-08-2018, 08:05 AM

Very impressive, Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Flounder · 01-08-2018, 08:23 AM

Great catch! hopefully this year we can all post one this big!

ore714 · 01-08-2018, 08:25 AM

Glad you were able to wrangle the butt without a gaff!!!

Iceman · 01-08-2018, 09:01 AM

Boom! nice fish

Orca Winfrey · 01-08-2018, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ratdog

Very impressive, Congrats and thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Flounder

Great catch! hopefully this year we can all post one this big!

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Boom! nice fish

Thanks all. Hope everyone gets at least one this year.

Saba Slayer · 01-08-2018, 10:56 AM

Buy a Gaff...LOL...!
Nice job!

Baja Marty · 01-08-2018, 02:49 PM

Beautiful halibut! Looks bigger than 30# to me. Congrats!

ceviche eater · 01-09-2018, 12:38 PM

Awesome fish!

octico · 01-09-2018, 12:57 PM

WHOA!

jorluivil · 01-10-2018, 09:16 AM

That's a nice one.

It's hard to estimate the weight of the fish without a scale, I've seen 40" halibut that were 20lbs and some that were almost 40lbs. Regardless, that's a nice fish for that area, congrats!!!

The Freediver · 01-18-2018, 06:14 AM

Really awesome fish! I caught one that was exactly 40 inches this week and it weighed 25.5lbs for reference. Ate the Mac....

Orca Winfrey · 01-08-2018, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ore714

Glad you were able to wrangle the butt without a gaff!!!

Credit to Saba. Only Saba is crazy enough to do something like that. The guy is an animal.

01-08-2018, 08:25 AM	#5
ore714 Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Costa Mesa Posts: 34	Nice Hali! Glad you were able to wrangle the butt without a gaff!!!

01-08-2018, 09:01 AM	#6
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	Boom! nice fish __________________

01-08-2018, 10:56 AM	#8
Saba Slayer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palos Verdes Posts: 1,870	Buy a Gaff... Buy a Gaff...LOL...! Nice job! __________________ Jim / Saba Slayer

01-10-2018, 09:16 AM	#12
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	That's a nice one. It's hard to estimate the weight of the fish without a scale, I've seen 40" halibut that were 20lbs and some that were almost 40lbs. Regardless, that's a nice fish for that area, congrats!!! __________________ www.facebook.com/Teamsewer

01-18-2018, 06:14 AM	#13
The Freediver Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 89	Really awesome fish! I caught one that was exactly 40 inches this week and it weighed 25.5lbs for reference. Ate the Mac.... __________________ Mmmmmm, smoked Barracuda!

01-08-2018, 08:05 AM	#3
ratdog Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 424	Very impressive, Congrats and thanks for sharing.

01-08-2018, 08:23 AM	#4
Flounder Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 101	Great catch! hopefully this year we can all post one this big!

01-08-2018, 02:49 PM	#9
Baja Marty Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Santa Monica & San Jose Del Cabo Posts: 52	Beautiful halibut! Looks bigger than 30# to me. Congrats!

01-09-2018, 12:38 PM	#10
ceviche eater Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Mission hills Posts: 133	Awesome fish!

01-09-2018, 12:57 PM	#11
octico Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: The city of Orange Posts: 1,278	WHOA!