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Thread: 6/16 --- 18 lb Halibut!

  1. 06-17-2007, 08:14 PM #1
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    Default 6/16 --- 18 lb Halibut!

    700am--leave dock
    800am-- bought bait (live squid)
    10am'ish -- Big Halibut hooked!

    We went to backside Catalina after buying some live squid from Avalon; we hit up some heavy kelp area. First drop of the line and my dad gets a heavy bite, didnt hook it. Then the same fish bites onto another guy on the boat, bingo.... hooked!

    My friend yells, "whoa! this is a big one"
    everyone (7 ppl) gather around to watch him pull it up.

    As he is reeling it in, we start to see a large profile of a fish

    once it surfaced we realized that it was a huge Hali.
    what a fish it was!!



    me and my buddy , I am holding the hali (mind my hair just got out from diving), He has a nice size sculpin we pulled up. alot of bottom fishing with much success.


    My dad was casting iron jigs for YT or cuda or any larger surface fish, no success.

    a 4 lb perch! biggest one i have ever seen!!!


    A 60-70 fish count total ALOT of scuplin. Very good fishing!!! We had a great time!

    That hali made great Steaks, delicious!
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  2. 06-17-2007, 08:42 PM #2
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    I'm just guessing but that perch looks more opaleye-ish to me. But if it indeed is a perch, you really should look into it's exact weight and measurements. The state record for perch is 4lbs. and a couple oz (depends on exact species). Regardless, what a hog. :shock:

    Nice job on the hali, too!
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  3. 06-17-2007, 10:13 PM #3
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    great job on the hali 8)
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  4. 06-17-2007, 10:30 PM #4
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    Nice hali, looks like it's time to get a bigger icechest.


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  5. 06-17-2007, 11:03 PM #5
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    Nice Butt 8)
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  6. 06-17-2007, 11:10 PM #6
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    haha one_leg i do need a bigger ice chest! or a few more of them once the waters warm up some more.

    v6v6v6: im not too sure what the exact species is either, i thought it was a perch...

    This is the opaleye though.. similar perhaps your right


    compared to this fish... ones dead ones alive there is a difference obviously


    Thanks for the replies everyone.. :wink:
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  7. 06-18-2007, 12:37 AM #7
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    i am pretty sure that isn't an opaleye.
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  8. 06-18-2007, 07:13 AM #8
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    Opaleye's are brown, aren't they? :?
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  9. 06-18-2007, 09:15 AM #9
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    i have a lead that it is a halfmoon perch.

    I looked up the pics and it seems pretty right on the dot with physical appearance.

    SO i think this is cleared up on the fish id! nonetheless the thing was massive for a perch! As for world record, lol i am not sure! but if so congrats to my sister who caught it!
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  10. 06-18-2007, 11:46 AM #10
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    Hi xhax,

    Good job on the fishys! :lol:

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