Revenge is mine!! Oyster Point 5/28

I got to OP around 7 am, in the water at 7:30. Wind was already blowing rather steadily about 10 mph. I headed out to make bait at the poop chute. I had a little trouble finding it. I went to the numbers Dave posted but could not see any boil but I did catch a wiff of it now and then. Dropped my sabiki and hooked up with a 10" jack smelt. Decided he was a bit to big and threw him back. I then started landing some chovies. The wind was still blowing and the tide flowing out so I was having a hard time staying on the bait. I made about 7 pieces of bait and figured that was good since it looked like I was going to get blown out early.

I scooped up a lively chovie and dropped down. After 5 minutes I feel a tap, tap then my line starts peeling out. Fish On! She takes a few runs and is shaking a lot but once on the surface she just kinda hung there. I let her swim around a bit and she made a few more small runs before I decided to try to net her. Yeah no gaff yet.   I positoned the net so she would swim into it then I scooped it up quickly. She started going nuts but the way I had the net made her try to go deeper. I put her on the deck and went to grab my bat. Crap I forgot my bat! I pull out my knife and slice into her right behind her gill plate. She calms down a bit after that. I untangle my line from the net and hook her up to my stringer. I look around and the wind is picking up so I decide to call it a day. I left her in the net and put my legs over her. She only tried to bite me twice on the way in  

My first butt 18# 4oz! I was off the water at 9 after about 5 minutes of fishing!

Congrats Bill.  Way to go!!

BTW, I'd drop down a 10" jackie for butts anyday.  And yes, this is about the size I'll start using a stinger.

-Allen

Way to go Bill!!! Congratulations!  Well done!

Erik

Congrats!  Nothing sweeter than revenge.

no gaff, no bat.  you're a true minimalist. next you'll be posting that you just jumped in and wrestled it into submission.

awesome report.

pierre

Wow... Bill.  Very few people ever get to really redeemed themselves for the big one that got away.  YOU DID!!!!
CONGRATS

Congrats, Bill.  Revenge is sweet!

But you should have been at Limekiln!!   [/i]

-- Dave

Bill, congratulations! What a nice fish!  I saw you paddle out and sitting side way on your green kayak catching bait this morning.  I am the guy fishing from a small white boat (2 people) not too far from you.  javascript:emoticon(':smt006')

The wind was even too much for us and I had to quite at about 1:30.  We caught nada!  

I saw that you were going quite fast with your kayak and you seemed to paddle without much effort in the windy condition.  Were you paddling a prowler?  

Al

Nice job Bill.  I bet you were sweating bullets just before you netted that one!  I'm sure you had re runs going through your mind!!!  

Stuart

Yeah Al I was paddling the prowler, it moves really well. After landing the halibut I was a bit amped up so I was moving faster than normal! I kept thinking it was going to spring back to life and thrash the boat.

I got a gaff today at the Fisherman's Warehouse sale so I am ready for a bigger one!

Good move Bill .  Most of the successful big game fisherman I know opt for the gaff when landing big halibut.

Congrats... Nice Fish..

Great looking fish!  I was going to head out this morning but the wind seemed to be blowin at 5:30. I headed back to bed. I have fished the area a lot over the years but never from a Kayak until this year.  Where is the poop shoot or the shit pipes as you guys have so elequently put it.  I don't want to get out there and not find bait.

Jason

Here are the numbers:

37° 39.917N
122° 21.746W

I am not entirely sure I was on it yesterday. The combination of wind and current made the boil difficult to spot. I seemed to do pretty well slow trolling #12 sabiki with a 3oz hookless kastmaster on the end.

Sweet revenge Bill  You deserve the halibut - I remember how pissed off you were when you lost the first one  Your persistence paid off at the end