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Topic: Santa Cruz hali’s  (Read 2572 times)

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strucdog

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Hi people,
I haven’t been out in a while, well over a year. I’ve been working on a project that’s just consumed me. But I’m finally near the end…

One of the main reasons I got into kayak fishing is that I wanted to target halibut. In the close to twelve years I’ve been in NCKA I’ve never fished for halibut seriously. (Mostly due to time constraints.)

Anyway, I watched a bunch of Utube videos and developed a plan. (Thanks Santa Cruz surfcaster.) Never fished Santa Cruz before, so I didn’t known where I was going.
I met up with my son at Santa Cruz harbor at six, picked up some anchovies and were paddling/pedaling out before seven.

Pedaled straight out to about forty foot and dropped down. (Did you guys know there’s a reef out there, while I never fished it I have talked to people who have have and was left with the impression that it’s all sand and no fish.) My bait kept getting taken, landed a decent sized brown rockfish, hmmm. Ok, one I’m not over sand and two my fishfinder isn’t working.
So I hit reset on the fishfinder and bumped to deeper water. Dropped in again at around fifty foot. Fishfinder is working again and now showing structure, the weather is gorgeous no wind, glassy conditions, the current is taking us south. It’s a pleasant day.

So around 10:30, at about sixty foot, I get some tip action, I wait a few, slowly raise the tip, it feels heavy, bam, I set the hook and wait, after a bit I raise the tip and feel a protest. I got him. I keep tension on and bring him to the surface I can see he’s legal, I grab the gaff, but change to the net, I pick his head up and thrust the net, got em.

The rockfish got most of our bait, so we were left jigging swimbaits. The wind picked up and we moved closer to shore no more luck, called it about 12:45.

So I landed a 27 inch halibut using a halibut rig with an 8 ounce weight and an anchovy in about 60ft of water. Had a great lunch at Seabright Deli, most importantly got to spend some quality time with my son.
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Nice!

It sounds like you were well prepared, and it's great that you got one...
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Congrats man!! Nice hali.

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Congrats Joe.

Good to see a report from you .

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Congrats on finally being able to get out and catch a nice fish!  :smt006
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Nice report boys and gratz on the flattie!
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Dang, Joe, haven't seen you since the Mooch tribute at Half Moon Bay. Good catch!


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great job man, i hope to get a hali someday as well


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Way to go on that halibut Joe!   :smt006  Looking forward to MORE reports from you too  :smt003
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Sounds like a perfect day. Nice job!
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Cool report!
Great pic too. Great job hitting the target!
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Right on Joe! Glad the plan came together!
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Nice to see a noob score.  :smt044 :smt044 :smt044
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Good to see a strucdog report.   :smt001
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Nice Report!  Great job on the Hali!!!


 

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