Monster Hali@ Paradise

I got on the water out of Paradise Kay around 9 and thought I would drift out to Paradise park with the outgo.I set up rig with a 6 inch  or 8 flasher above my 3 waywith a4 oz green and white  jig as weight and alive shinner .I had never used this set up it looked like it whould do damage.I was about 1/2 mile east of pilings in 30 ft when my pole bent hard ,I let the fish take it and slowlybroughtup the pole to have line peel of like crazy a quick  little set to makesure and it was on!After reading what Chuck describe about Hali head shakes Iwas prety sure what i had.He towed me out for about 10 minutes, then I saw this  mass and began to worry.I gaffed him around his gills and he didnt like that.I managed to get game clip on then I took my fish be good stick to him,hegot verry mad! Icould not belive the size .He hit  the jig and measured out 46 1/2 inches.It took me awhile to get to the park so no way to padleback to the kay until tide changed,so I had my friend get me.

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Very nice work.

I like your rig....I ran a similar style last week.

S.

Cool did you get it on a scale?  The one in my avitar was 47" and it went 37.1#s on the scale that one looks like it might be fatter.   Thats the fish of a lifetime.

    WOW!!! Year of the monster halibut! WTG! Truly a magnificent fish!

Beautiful fish man...

Well done, Gabriel. Congrats.

F#@& yeah!!!!  That's an awesome beast, Gabriel.  Fish of a lifetime is right!  WTG!   

Holy Shhhhhhh NICE one Gabe WTG brother!

YAH BABY!!!

NICE job man...oh man i gotta get out there

WOW

Gabriel, that is a hell of a monster fish!
I would have liked to have seen your eyes when you saw color...

WOW WOW WOW GABE!!  LOOK AT THE MOUTH OF THAT THING!!!!!   Great story, with a HUGE payout!!!  Nice work!!!

They just keep getting bigger and bigger. Unbelievable!
Awesome fish and total props for getting it on the clip too.

oh my nice fish