kayak halibut on lures

I know most folks prefer live bait -then dead bait- then hoochy --not a real lure  and ive seen a few old posts here with lime or such, swimbaits..
I take various things out with me on trips -but in general I only use frozen squid - and wont toss lures while I'm doing Butt work...once i've mine swept an area few times or pre leaving i'll chuck irons and anything that looks like stuff ive seen otw.....no takes....

I'm talking our coast- our catches- non shore- lure intel and stories...I'll wait to chime in then show the tutorial I've read re- read read again to no avail

I caught halibut using the bounce ball method but instead of anchovy/herring, I used a jerk bait. I also uses a drop shot method using a swimbait or mullet bait fan casting. When I run out of bait, I switch to a luckycraft jerkbait

were you in usually in shallow or deep water for the lure bite?- I'm only able to replicate my method of butt catching in deeper water with bait 
I know folks do very well here in 30'-10'-5' fow
.....im thinking maybe your talking upper bay which im learning is shallow

a guy here showed me a nice pic of a 25 lb he got in 30' fow  here on 5" red 831 ringshank swimbait -casting from a power boat then letting it hit and reel -hit and reel...1000 casts later im back to squid..lol

http://www.swimbait.com/techniques/halibut.htm

Ya pretty shallow in the bay. from 6-35 feet. Have to try the jerkbait in the ocean but afraid of the losing the setup

Anything from a 5-7" paddle tail swimbaits, large buck tails with plastic trailers, large Kastmasters and Crocodile spoons, to Rapala-style jerkbaits or jointed deep divers will work. Seems like if it catches stripers, it'll catch a halibut, too. Makes sense since they feed on similar prey.

the area I fish - I would think a 1lb weight and a 36" leader to a big jointed minnow with strong sharp small hooks and some scent...but I've done this over enough bottom to not want to waste the day again

Im going to break out the 2.29 p-line shrimpfly with a 4 oz banana weight tomorrow .....I bet a tiny castmaster or diamond jig is just too light to hang into a jaw..hence the sharp circle hook slider rigs with heavy mono im landing on...quick bites on boney jaws dont count on small hooks if they get off

Im going to break out the 2.29 p-line shrimpfly with a 4 oz banana weight tomorrow .

Good luck tomorrow. Might see ya out their. ?.?.

I fish 50/50 with red tray herring and big hammer swimbaits. Last year the swimbait outfished the herring by far. I'm usually throwing a 5 inch pearl white big hammer with a 1.5 to 2 oz chartreuse head and just slow retrieve along the bottom. Usually in 10 to 20 fow

I’ve caught a few on rattletraps when the bait bite is slow.

Most halibut I catch are on swimbaits.

I like Big Hammer ones in white/pearl, sexy sardine, phantom, and margarita.

Basically anything white and green/chartreuse.

Depending on depth I use 3/4oz - 2oz lead heads. 

In shallow bay water like ARW and Oyster Point I use 1.5oz head and slow troll bouncing the bottom, cast and retrieve, or even just slowly drifting and jigging up and down when I’m lazy. Surprisingly a lot of catches are the latter.

I'm only jigging swimbaits now.
Wizard taught me- well really schooled me when I was live baiting and he was jigging a limit. Since then I've put in days figuring it out.
Last trip didn't bring any bait and didn't need it. Limited in a couple hours

thanks for the replies - im sure i'm just not on the curve with lures yet...ling rockfish easy easy and tons of dif presentations are in my bag butt-butt-butt---never even a random flat bite in all my ling days

I had a sledgehammer calico just hanging off the bottom like 10-12' ,while I drifted in 50' tying my linecounter slider rig up in my lap...got my squid all hooked and dropped it on  slow down and started reeling the hammer up to put it away for a while--- right on top of the 39" one this year it must have dropped-because I was on before it came to a rest...al this right under where that calico had been swimming twitching 12' off the bottom...makes me wonder if the flatty moved over or along with me as i was tying

This thread is great! This is my first season targeting halibut. I’ve only used the bounce ball method, trolling anchovies or herring, and feel like I’ve been fairly successful. But, I’m always on the move for fear of the line entangling on itself. Drifting/jigging w a swimbait seems straightforward and seems to allow for moving with the tide. The simplicity of the setup is appealing.

For those that primarily use swimbaits and drift/jig, do you choose this over trolling/bounce balling and if so, why?

Thanks!

@bdon, have you ever watched John Skinner's videos on catching Atlantic fluke? He rapidly jigs a bucktail on a slow drift and seems to have no trouble limiting out. I'm starting to suspect the same technique works for halibut. I went out today to ARW and tried it out but it was my first time solo and I spent more time fighting my kayak and my mushy rod so I don't think I gave it a fair shake.