ryryk
08-09-2009, 10:15 PM
Got to the pier around 7am and went to work. First line in approx. 7:15am. First to get bit was the ghost shrimp crigged with a size 1 owner long shank baitholder. And 1oz egg sinker. It was a lil leopard shark about a foot long. Thru out the day we were getting short bit
And managed a handful of white croakers. After missing bites all day my girlfriend decides she's going to hold the rod... Being our last ghost shrimp.
GREAT IDEA! She set the hook on what she said was a solid tug, instant bendo! My 6'6" medium action rod was bent in half as the fish tried for under the pier. Finally the fish breaks the surface
"Halibut!" we exclaim. This thing was legal or barely legal no doubt. The rod was no help when hoisting this thing from the water so I grab the line to hand line it up.
After its half way up it shakes with all its might and the mainline snapped!!! Fish belly flopped into the water as our jaws hit the floor...
Wow the adrenaline!
Super bummed I tried to sabiki up some live bait hoping for more halibut with no luck so we packed it up at 1pm.
We'll try and land that first halibut again soon might take the inflatable out in NPH.
Tight lines
Ry
And managed a handful of white croakers. After missing bites all day my girlfriend decides she's going to hold the rod... Being our last ghost shrimp.
GREAT IDEA! She set the hook on what she said was a solid tug, instant bendo! My 6'6" medium action rod was bent in half as the fish tried for under the pier. Finally the fish breaks the surface
"Halibut!" we exclaim. This thing was legal or barely legal no doubt. The rod was no help when hoisting this thing from the water so I grab the line to hand line it up.
After its half way up it shakes with all its might and the mainline snapped!!! Fish belly flopped into the water as our jaws hit the floor...
Wow the adrenaline!
Super bummed I tried to sabiki up some live bait hoping for more halibut with no luck so we packed it up at 1pm.
We'll try and land that first halibut again soon might take the inflatable out in NPH.
Tight lines
Ry