Technique
06-05-2011, 09:55 PM
Location: Malibu pier
Date: Jun 04 2011
Time: 8am to 5pm
Conditions: Morning clouds 5 to 10mph winds
Tackle: Carolina rig using live bait
Fish count: 1 spider crab/ 1 legal halibut
Set a goal for myself to catch a legal halibut off of Malibu pier and then start surf fishing. Started by catching some four-inch jack smelt to use for bait. I was checking my tackle box when all of a sudden the drag goes off just for a second or two. Got the rod and started winding up slowly, the end of the line felt heavy.:!!!: Something took over me and with out thinking I set the hook and began reeling in the fish as it was making its runs, but then I got my composure back and took it easy. Let the fish run “wow let me tell you it ran”, but right for the kelp. It got tangled in the weeds, but still managed to make some runs. Once it was tired I was able to see the halibut emerge. I thought to myself OMG this is my PB!:Razz: I looked around and saw a group of people surrounding me. A fisherman in the scene offered to help me bring up the halibut with the net. Awesome, we had landed the halibut. Got my measuring tape out and it measured twenty-three and a half inches. Not my PB, but awesome fight! Had I not found out about FNN I would have kept the halibut, but after reading a lot of threads on the website it inspired me to release my first legal halibut of the year.:Wink:
Caught this little one last Saturday.
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Huge spider crab.
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Not my PB, but put up an awesome fight!
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This halibut measured 23 1/2 my PB is 24 inches
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Date: Jun 04 2011
Time: 8am to 5pm
Conditions: Morning clouds 5 to 10mph winds
Tackle: Carolina rig using live bait
Fish count: 1 spider crab/ 1 legal halibut
Set a goal for myself to catch a legal halibut off of Malibu pier and then start surf fishing. Started by catching some four-inch jack smelt to use for bait. I was checking my tackle box when all of a sudden the drag goes off just for a second or two. Got the rod and started winding up slowly, the end of the line felt heavy.:!!!: Something took over me and with out thinking I set the hook and began reeling in the fish as it was making its runs, but then I got my composure back and took it easy. Let the fish run “wow let me tell you it ran”, but right for the kelp. It got tangled in the weeds, but still managed to make some runs. Once it was tired I was able to see the halibut emerge. I thought to myself OMG this is my PB!:Razz: I looked around and saw a group of people surrounding me. A fisherman in the scene offered to help me bring up the halibut with the net. Awesome, we had landed the halibut. Got my measuring tape out and it measured twenty-three and a half inches. Not my PB, but awesome fight! Had I not found out about FNN I would have kept the halibut, but after reading a lot of threads on the website it inspired me to release my first legal halibut of the year.:Wink:
Caught this little one last Saturday.
30934
Huge spider crab.
30935
Not my PB, but put up an awesome fight!
30937
This halibut measured 23 1/2 my PB is 24 inches
30933