Oyster Point Sat

Beautiful fish, I love the anti-seal double stringer,,,"MY FISH!!"

Sean, It was 8-12 feet. I actually only used 4-6 oz. Once we got a little tide/current I switched to drifting. The water was so shallow there was a ton of plant growth on the bottom so trolling was a pain.

Thanks..BTDT

Beautiful fish, I love the anti-seal double stringer,,,"MY FISH!!"

anti-seal? nope, anti-hali teeth!

i only had a cheap poly cord and like I said we had not bonked the fish...so he was very much in the ability to go ape**** and chew through my poly cord stringer.  i always carry a chain one along as well so I doubled up with it just in case he either came alive or chomped through the rope.

Sorry for the really late post.  I don't frequently post, but I know that I should do it more often. I guess that I can be deemed a semi-lurker! 

Last saturday was an amazing weekend.  Arrived a 8am to clear glass water on the bay with lots of bait fish jumping around.  There were a ton of boats trolling for halibut. NCKA was well represented. Landed the halibut at around 12:00pm after 4 hours on the water.
It was a quick slamoo! on my rod. I thought that I hit a rock or snagged some debris on the bottom.  I took a couple of turns on the rod before Mr. Hali made a couple of runs on me. Got him on the boat after a couple runs and noticed that the hook was barley hanging from his mouth. Once in the net -- Whammo! lights out....game over.

Over all it was a great day on the water.  See the pics below.

nice job out there keith, marv told me you got one but i never saw it.

sean, i was using 10oz and the water was about 10 - 12 foot deep where I was trolling.

i use heavy sinkers when trolling because i want them to bang the bottom hard and kick up mud and debris to attract the halis.  i find that if the sinker is too light then it is too far behind the boat and it tends to drag on me and lose the sensitivity i need to ensure it is "bouncing" properly. 

Great report, and way to give the AOTY '08 Champion some solid advice on trolling for butts.   

hey sean caught that fish last year driftin live bait - i'm sure he can handle a little advice on early season trolling =)

nice avatar...who's your photographer? I did the same with James/stormscrambler and my sturgie! Still a sweet fish!

nice avatar...who's your photographer? I did the same with James/stormscrambler and my sturgie! Still a sweet fish!

thanks for the compliment.  dont know who the photographer, some strange guy from san jose area named eric.  he likes to make jigs out of knives he finds at goodwill