Waking Up Early Made Easy

[tamddo714]

Woke up this morning and contemplated to hit the cold morning water or to go back to sleep in my warm bed :Confused: Finally found the strength to change and head to one of my favorite AO. Got into the water about 8am. High tide was at 9:30am with about 5 feet of water, my preferred conditions for this AO. Threw my barred surf perch LC for about 15 minutes then rod went bendo! After a quick fight beached and released a nice 13" perch and skunk off! Worked the beach for another twenty minutes then got another good slam, headshake means halibut! Beached up a nice 18" flatty then back into the waters it went. Was throwing the Lc for another half hour with no takes so i decided to switch to my favorite candy sardine LC. Threw it for about 15 minutes then my rod went bendo again! Got a big head shake as my eyes widened :Shocked: The waves were about 2-3ft and next thing you know the flattie swims in towards me with the wave and its sitting almost right next to me. I quickly back peddle and beach my personal best 34" halibut! =]

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[SP Dan]

Hi ya tamddo714,

"Congratulations" on your :Big Smile::Applause: PB 34" Halibut! WTG!!

Perseverance, determination and patience ...... what a dangerous combination! :Thumbs Up:

Thanx for the fun read along with that amazing pic of your PB! :Cool:

SP Dan <"))><

[hollywoodbass]

Nice Halibut! I woke up early and was trying to decide if I should hit the surf or go to the gym. I hit the gym. Now wish I had hit the surf

[skunked4life]

Omg!!! From the surf??? Great job out there! Winner winner halibut dinner! Knew that your hard work would pay off but this was amazing!

Skunked4life

[bachiboy]

Awesome fish! That's a trophy flattie. Sometimes it definitely worth dragging our tired bodies out of bed...not always, but it sure is sweet when it does pay off like that.:Wink:

Congrats!!!
Don

[DockRat]

34" Wow. Nice catch.
DR

[Which Way Out]

Very nice.

Your effort was well rewarded.

Now just for those people that fish and not catch anything. I will add that 3 very good fishermen up in my area of fishing got the dreaded skunk yesterday. So even with good intel, the best bet is to do what you did, get out of bed and fish.

WWO

[murrieta angler]

Very nice flatty!!
Congratulations on a nice sized fish.
Robert
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[tamddo714]

thank you for all the kind words! im still surprised i caught this halibut. I really got lucky this time

[madbass]

very nice!
that's a fatty for sure! sometimes its better to be lucky than good.
you deserve it, congratualtions!

[remington]

Outstanding & congrat's on your PB! She's a beauty...

[Wingnut]

That's one heck of a Flatty you got there... enjoy. :Big Grin:
Keep up the good work out there. :Cool:

[PTN]

Now that's a halibut! Congrats on the PB and thanks for the pics and read.

-Peter

[Raneman]

Holy Moly nice halibut! Congrats on your PB! I hope to catch one over 30 someday.

-Raney

[Jaysuuun]

NIIIIIIICCCEE! That flatttie is about half your size! LOL Must have made some great filets. I do believe that's the biggest Hali report so far this year. Congrats and keep it up!

[fish4life]

Whoa !!! That is a BEAST!!! What were the conditions like? Usually, whenever the forecast predicts swells 2-3 feet I stay home.

[tamddo714]

NIIIIIIICCCEE! That flatttie is about half your size! LOL Must have made some great filets. I do believe that's the biggest Hali report so far this year. Congrats and keep it up!

- that halibut was half my size! being 5'4" everything looks bigger compared to me lol. I came a bit short of your awesome 37"! tight lines!


Whoa !!! That is a BEAST!!! What were the conditions like? Usually, whenever the forecast predicts swells 2-3 feet I stay home.

- waves were 2-3ft but the sets came in slow making it fishable with plenty of water being held in the holes. good luck out there! sometimes fishing during unfavorable tides can bring more of a rewarding feeling, even if it was a shortie. tight lines!

[Ghost117]

Good lord that thing is a torpedo! :EyePop:
Great catch!!!