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rusn007
10-30-2011, 02:02 PM
I have been on a mission to catch a legal halibut the entire season. Today this mission was accomplished!!!

Started to fish around 7am. I could not have asked for better conditions:
The tide was coming in.
Surf was small. Very calm ocean.
Minimal salad.

Been throwing it for about 1/2 hour and than BAM! I was a little surprised that it was pretty close to the shore. Here is a pic:

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii107/slava2121/Fishing/IMAG0091.jpg




It got quiet for the next 45 minutes or so. I changed my setup and started throwing frozen squid on carolina rig. I got a few shovel noses (all were released).

Was about to call it a day. Walked back to the area where I started and decided to throw for another 20 or so minutes. Within 5 minutes caught another hali (about an inch shorter than my first).

Took a quick pic and went home.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii107/slava2121/Fishing/IMAG0092.jpg

Want to say thanks to this forum for inspiring me.
CaliButts
10-30-2011, 02:18 PM
Congrats on your first Legal!!:Cool: ....and you made it a pair of legals!! Nicely Done!! :Cool::Cool::Cool:
iLLest
10-30-2011, 02:23 PM
Welcome to FNN!
Congrats on your double legals. I'm glad people here inspired you, but thats only half the job, your the one that went out there and gave it a shot. Kudos to you my friend.
J3FFro
10-30-2011, 02:34 PM
Very nice catches. I'm on the hunt for my first legal Hali also.
SP Dan
10-30-2011, 04:03 PM
Hey rusn007,

Congratulations on your first legal and on your set of Twins!!
Way to hang in there!

Great report and pics! :Cool:

SP Dan <"))><
Which Way Out
10-30-2011, 07:46 PM
That's funny. Calibutts gets Twins and now you.

The very same thing happen to me on my first 2.. Twins:Thumbs Up:
Sharkbait
10-30-2011, 10:26 PM
Congrats on the legal butts. Catching your first legals must have been great feeling.

Anthony
efrain
10-31-2011, 08:55 AM
congrats on the pair, must have been exciting! im still trying to catch a hali myself.
bones
10-31-2011, 07:10 PM
Awesome Job out there. That day on the sand will always be closest to your heart....(At least in 2011) !!!
murrieta angler
10-31-2011, 09:00 PM
Very cool to get a pair of legal flatties on the same day.
Thanks for sharing your moment,
Robert
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rusn007
11-01-2011, 11:03 AM
For all those that catch Halis on regular basis, how do you transport them back home? And where do you hold them while you're fishing for others?

I had a cooler in my trunk, so I just put them there.

Also, had a hard time picking them up. They have a coat of slime that is difficult to hold them by their tails.