tues tbay

I went to Tbay today to escape the heat as much as fish. Flat calm and warm on the water when I started but after awhile here comes the NW. Whitecaps all over but I pressed to get in the lee of the west bank and wait for the tide to turn to ebb so I could go below Toms Point. Wind was such that I wasn't going to make it so kept fishing in close then after hearing a halibut flap flap flap on a tin boat in the middle I ventured out there doing half assed drifts with incoming wind and outgoing tide. Bite! Only bite of the day. I fish hard for another and then here comes FG bearing straight at me. Got any fish. Year one. It's well over 22 inches. We want to see it. So they come close and I tell them it is in the front hatch and you open it up. They do. Nice fish they say and mention that most of the boats they checked had zero. They release me and I start fishing again and here comes a wind switch. South wind. Gusty. Whitecaps. I try to find some shelter and then it dies down and I while I let it push me across the bay it comes up strong again. I quit after nearing Hog and pedal back to the launch. End of day.

Nice work Charles 

Great catch and report, Charles

Paul

Boom!  You're catching'!  Go Charles!

Another flattie for Charles!
You got Tomalas figured out…👍👍👍

Nice! Good workout.
Did they see your net / ask if you have one?

thanks for sharing - way to persevere, nice looking butt

Nice! Good workout.
Did they see your net / ask if you have one?

I don't think one needs a net for halibut fishing. I believe the net applies to salmon. FG didn't ask. I quit carrying a net a long time back for Tbay.

Nice catch, awesome report.

Nice! I'm about 10-15 times to Tbay for one Halibut also. Glad you got one!

Nice! Good workout.
Did they see your net / ask if you have one?

I don't think one needs a net for halibut fishing. I believe the net applies to salmon. FG didn't ask. I quit carrying a net a long time back for Tbay.

I haven’t carried a net in quite a while. I’ve been inspected a half-dozen times just this year, and my nonexistent net has never been mentioned.

I'd rather be forced to carry a descender than a net that I don't use, especially for the intended purpose.  But since AOTY requires you follow all regulations, I carry one. 

Congrats on the nice catch.   Thanks for the report and picture Charles.