halibut at Pt. Richmond

Got off work at 3 pm and headed to Pt. Richmond with pileworms as the bait attractant.  sabikeed the pile worms for about an hour till I got a 10inch smelt and let him down on my halibut leader.  at around 5pm as i slowly paddled past the green bouee a 21 inch halibut swallowed my smelt.  I had the drag light and the clicker on and didn't know i had fish on.  when I realed up the fish was easily netted, measured, and released. left the water at 7. I was a beautiful day on the water.   

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Javier

Cool, Javier.  A little action is always fun, even if it's a short.  A solo trip has many rewards.

 

you are right it was fun.  a little action makes it so. but catching bait, I seem to not be so good at it. It took me forever, it seemed, to get that smelt. once i had that smelt I knew it was game on.

where did you make the smelty?

Sweet to know they are still there!.....I think the L-Bait is a must for a better shot at them.
Thanks for the local report!
.........the seat your lended to someone at Elk...I have it. I picked it up from them on the last day.....I've PM'd you, but you have not replied.
I live local and work off HWY580 @Regatta......whereYOUat?!

Good job - I have yet to catch a keeper this year.

Just a reminder that netting a halibut can easily kill it by cutting the fins and breaking the slime coat, so it might be worth the extra effort to do an in-the-water release...

Ditto on that Mal2. For me I don't even bother with a net for halibut. It's either no question it's big enough to gaff or if it's borderline, I just lift it in by the leader or use pliers if it's lightly hooked and release in the water. Split the tail with a net and the tail rots in a couple weeks and you killed it anyways... Hate to waste em. 

Split the tail with a net and the tail rots in a couple weeks and you killed it anyways... Hate to waste em. 

Didn't know about that bad fact....thanks for educating me.

Sweet  job bro.  You'll gett'em next time. You want to hit The Point on Sunday?
Hey Adam thanks for the reminder. Javier hit up Adam and pick up the seat dude.