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Topic: Good Spots for CA Halibut?  (Read 1103 times)

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YaknFish

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Now that rockfish season is over, what are some good spots along the coast (not in SF Bay) for halibut?


ravensblack

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Muir. Bean Hollow. Tomales Bay. Santa Cruz. Monterrey Bay. Those are places I have caught them outside S. F. i have caught them off Ten Mile by Abbotts in a power boat.
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YaknFish

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Thanks a lot, Craig.


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Berkley flat, Parasise, and Alameda Rock Wall are also good spots too.
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FISHbytes

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in past halibut seasons I have heard of kayakers catching them in bodega marina and just out front off Doran
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Sin Coast

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Heard about a 20lber caught down here last week.
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CptSloppywood

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I have had some success in Tomales Bay around the Hogs Island area! Drifting live bait. Jigging works well also.but I normally dont target them until june-august!goodluck!!!


FISHbytes

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I really wonder whats in that bay during the winter. I have heard of striped bass being caught out there, WSB and even a few sturgeon. I use to spend a lot of time out there trolling halibut but never much in winter except the occasion perch fishing
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krusty

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Heard about a 20lber caught down here last week.

Do the halibuts stay put in the shallow bays during the Winter, or do they go deep?


CptSloppywood

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look at the 2012 post by jason s. / winter time halibut :smt001