I noticed that there is rarely any posts from folks who fish for halibut from boats using either soow trolling over sandy bottom or live bait drifting or jigging around underwater structure. I am primarily a Northern California fisherman but I enjoy reading the posts here. It just struck me as odd that almost 100% of the halibut posts are surf fishing other than the odd pier or party boat report.

Are the methods I mentioned not used in SoCal