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v6v6v6
04-16-2007, 01:06 PM
Hey guys, fished MDR with some fellow yakers yesterday. We got there around 7:30am and were greeted with light winds and clear skies. Started out the day catching a bunch of small barracuda. I was using 10# test with a 3/4 oz. mackerel kroc--got lots of hits but only one hookup in the early going. Some of us headed to the jetty, although the wind picked up and made it a real tough paddle. Picked up a short sandie using a 5" bleeding mac swimbait paired with a 3/4 oz. jig head. Decided to head back because the wind was too much, but with it blowing at our backs it was an easy drift. I think a couple others picked up a short halibut and a turbot (?) on the way back in. Fished the bait barge for some more barracuda, but this time in 20"+ range. They put up a good fight (in and out of water--lol). It was already 1pm and I was tired and hungry so I was the first to head back. I was turning around a corner when my kayak basically did a 180 turn. I'd been dragging my swimbait all the way from the jetty and I figured it was snagged since there was no bounce in the rod--just heavy bendo. So I picked up the rod and gave it a good yank to see if I could free it... NOPE! Line starts pulling immediately. I tighten up the drag a bit and start going for a ride. Halibut? The others were still pretty far away and I definitely needed their assistance so I just tried to tire out whatever was on the end of my line without having it surface. I held that thing for about 20 minutes, getting a glimpse of it every now and then. Oh yeah, halibut! The guys finally got around... lip gripped it, gaffed it, and finally pulled it aboard.

My first legal hali ever--36" and 19.6 lbs.

The funny thing is that I just bought a new fillet knife the day before. It was a little bit bigger than I wanted at 9", but I jokingly told my wife that the extra inches would help out if I caught a big hali. Oh yeah. I went to town on that thing.

Note: You can see a pretty good reflection of my kayak on the sandie below--kinda neat.
Note: Hali's Stomach contents revealed a half-digested fish.

Started the day off with a 12" barracuda
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey01.jpg

11" sandie along the jetty
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey02.jpg

Caught 21" & 22" barracudas
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey03.jpg

The guys
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey04.jpg

Oscar waiting for the hali to surface... with a lip gripper!
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey05.jpg

Close quarters
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey06.jpg

Me with my hali and Oscar's bloody deck
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey07.jpg

36" and 19.6 lbs.
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey08.jpg

Filleting
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey09.jpg

Filleting part 2
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey10.jpg

Chomp
http://stang99.w1.com/kayak/07-04-15_marina_del_rey/07-04-15_marina_del_rey11.jpg

paintnfish
04-16-2007, 01:28 PM
OH YEAH !!! Nice hali Eugene and nice job getting him
to the boat. I cant think of anything else that give's me
that rush of hooking into a nice butt :D

v6v6v6
04-16-2007, 01:43 PM
Thanks Ron, it was a great rush! I was also hella fearful that I'd lose the fish by waiting for the others... It seemed like an eternity, lol.

bing!
04-16-2007, 01:54 PM
Great job on the fillet. How much meat did ya end up getting?

till next time, /bing

Matador1238
04-16-2007, 01:57 PM
Nice fish man!!! It was at the jetty fishing after the 1/2 trip. Yeah...It was windy and fishing was sloooow. I managed only one small sandbass and a nice spottie. Will post report tonight.

v6v6v6
04-16-2007, 01:57 PM
Almost 12 lbs. :shock: It's BBQ time. :)

cappo
04-16-2007, 02:11 PM
nice job eugene. Thats sick!

How can you trust oscar to grip your fish? lol

one_leg
04-16-2007, 02:32 PM
Good for You! Congratulations.

v6v6v6
04-16-2007, 04:01 PM
How can you trust oscar to grip your fish? lol Hehe, well then I guess I'm lucky 'cuz Bing actually gripped it. :)

olfishergal
04-16-2007, 05:26 PM
yummmm very nice butt

Sea Murda
04-16-2007, 07:13 PM
NICE!!!! :thumb: Cool pics man, thanks for the report!

toejamb
04-17-2007, 11:50 AM
Pissed off I couldn't make it out. :evil: That's two halibut you stole from me. :wink:

Excellent job and savor the feeling my friend... :D

halijedi
04-26-2007, 08:48 PM
Very nice! Always thought about fishing there from a small craft, but the boat traffic can get insane there.

Crappie Slayer
04-26-2007, 08:50 PM
Wow. Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

clem de la clem
05-07-2007, 07:23 PM
:shock: in---sane blood bath and hali... what a fight that must have been.. :thumb:

slay masters of mdr.

mad photoshop skills... keep posting these, they're great... :mrgreen:


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bitedez
05-07-2007, 10:14 PM
Awesome catch. When's dinner?

gnfshn
05-08-2007, 04:12 AM
nice job on the hali. pretty momma.