elevated
07-13-2010, 11:50 AM
So fished MDR last night and promised my girl that I'd get her her first halibut. We fished all the usual spots and I was even holding back big time letting her fish the juicy looking holes. The night started off slow with a bunch of really small bass and a few nicer models mixed in.
So we get to a spot that looks like it has some good structure, I tell my girl to cast out and work the bait along the structure. I literally cast right in front of myself, not 2 feet away from my girlfriend and BAM, instant hookup as my bait hits the bottom. The fish is fighting a little and I thought it was a larger bass. All of a sudden this halibut realizes he's hooked and takes off running under the docks. I yank him out and into open water where he takes another 5 yards off with head shakes galore. Anyway we land him, measure, photo and release. He went 22 inches exactly, truthfully we were holding the tape a little off so I think he was just shy of being legal. Anyway even though Jen is super cool and stoked for me I kind felt bad because if I just let her cast in the other direction she would have got her first hali, a decent size one too!
Equipment used: Abu garcia 6'6 baitcaster combo, ugly stick 6' MH with Daiwa reel, both with 10lb p-line. We fished Berkley jerk shads with torpedo lead straight to the hook.
Also I've been trying to figure this harbor out for a while, I been out once when it was wide open but I don't remember the tide. Last night we fished it at the peak high tide, a pretty big swing too. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Any suggestions on the best tide for this place? I'm thinking a medium incoming tide might be the ticket
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx106/elevated_lc/mdrhali.jpg
Cheers
So we get to a spot that looks like it has some good structure, I tell my girl to cast out and work the bait along the structure. I literally cast right in front of myself, not 2 feet away from my girlfriend and BAM, instant hookup as my bait hits the bottom. The fish is fighting a little and I thought it was a larger bass. All of a sudden this halibut realizes he's hooked and takes off running under the docks. I yank him out and into open water where he takes another 5 yards off with head shakes galore. Anyway we land him, measure, photo and release. He went 22 inches exactly, truthfully we were holding the tape a little off so I think he was just shy of being legal. Anyway even though Jen is super cool and stoked for me I kind felt bad because if I just let her cast in the other direction she would have got her first hali, a decent size one too!
Equipment used: Abu garcia 6'6 baitcaster combo, ugly stick 6' MH with Daiwa reel, both with 10lb p-line. We fished Berkley jerk shads with torpedo lead straight to the hook.
Also I've been trying to figure this harbor out for a while, I been out once when it was wide open but I don't remember the tide. Last night we fished it at the peak high tide, a pretty big swing too. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Any suggestions on the best tide for this place? I'm thinking a medium incoming tide might be the ticket
http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx106/elevated_lc/mdrhali.jpg
Cheers