Springtime Double Butt Vid

Way back in April there was a little window between storms up here in the Monterey Bay and the wifey told me I should go dive and try and find a halibut...I didn't really have very high hopes cuz the wind had been howling and I figured the water would be really cold...

When I got in and felt how cold, and looked at my watch and saw it said 50, I really didn't think I would see anything...but, the water was really nice and clear and I had the morning free so figured would at least get a good swim in...

Headed out to the ~20 foot zone and started covering ground...

Was shocked a little bit later to see a solid halibut laying out uncovered on top of the sand. 

Plugged her right in the pec fin and she took off and I let her go.

She didn't go too far though and I was able to easily dive down, gently pull shaft all the way through, stab her in the head and bring her up.

After I strung her up on my belt I was tempted to head straight in but had only been diving for a little bit so figured would keep going...

Headed out a bit deeper and in a little while found another butt laying out on top of sand...I was behind this one but snuck up close to her, shot her in pec fin and she bolted off pulling out my reel line.

Let her run and headed to surface to breathe.

Another easy retrieval once I tracked her down, and she puked up a bunch of bait fish on way to surface.

Think both fish had been gorging and were just laying out on top of sand digesting?

Back at truck the bigger one was 36 inches and 20 pounds, and the smaller one was ~33 inches and 14 pounds.

Ton of meat on both and all was cooked and shared and eaten fresh. 

Here's a vid and some pics.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LtpO4a8c1JI&feature=youtu.be



 

Sincerely,

Jim

Still amazing to see you shoot sand and then see sand start swimming away    Sea lions having fun with ya down there?

Sea lions having fun with ya down there?

Fuggers bout gave me a heart attack.       

Still amazing to see you shoot sand and then see sand start swimming away…

For a change, I could actually see the first one before he shot, but the second one, not…

Nice Butts  . Thanks for the report, pictures,  and video Jim.

Always have loved watching your videos over the years! You are the master of diving.

Outstanding, as always.   

Thanks guys.

I think this was some of the best halibut footage I've been able to get so far (great viz, nice fish, didn't mess up camera angle etc) so pretty stoked on it (in addition to the solid fish). 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Always enjoy your videos Jim.  Thanks.

Super cool flatty school, knifed that one like boss...thanks for the tune as well...

Awesome as usual. Thanks for taking us along with you.

Love your vids & posts. Wish I could do that too! Thanks for sharing!

I need to learn the way! Iv tried out of Santa Cruz( unsuccessfully). Though its pretty difficult to find them when you practically need to be eye to eye with how bad viz normally is.

Awesome vid! Added the song to my library too. Can't wait to spear my first halibut!