Crab as a consolidation prize is still an awesome prize!  Congrats Eddy! 

I'm a big fan of this cheap and functional Dexter Russel fillet knife, apparently on sale and I guess i'm buying another:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001MRYDI?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

It's small and curved blade just seems to work better to me when filleting than a longer knife.  On rockfish and trout/kokanee I don't see a need for a longer knife anyway.  Even with lings and halibut I still find it works well the way I process fish. 

For a sharpener I buy these, and 10 swipes makes it all sharp again:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00032S02K?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

I really like my Abu Garcia Max Low Profile DLC for kokanee fishing.  See some right hands on Amazon for 100$

there is a nice pole and reel in 24' of water in Bullards bar right now for free....  $350.00 worth!!!

please toss out those scotty slipper disks for pole holders if you haven't already. 

Oh man, that was exactly what I thought would happen if I used those discs, ker-plunk!  Sorry Ron!

You can just use two shrimp fly rigs with squid or cut bait, or use one shrimp fly and one swimbait.  You can also swap out to a single circle hook for using bait instead of a trap rig. But my favorite now is to troll a 3 way with a 5/0 hook and a gulp 6" curly tail grub.  It just always has action, like this past weekend. For Halibut I do prefer the trap rig for live and dead bait, as they are king of picky biters a lot of the time.  But with lingcod they tend to swallow the whole thing, so I avoid using a trop rig if going specifically for lings.  If you are rockfishing a real rocky area then I like to bring out the jigs and bars, and above them use a shrimp fly.  But i've seen plenty of lings (big ones too) on plain old shrimp flies.

 

From below looking up they may just see what looks like food and not care what it is. 

I also caught 3 bass