My New Secret Spot

This is a late post, but I fished my new secret spot on Sunday with Snagged and his dad.  It was a really nice park in the middle of the Tiburon Peninsula that had no one fishing it. I mean nobody.  Of course, I'm talking about Paradise, but I guess the combination of the event the day before, Mother's Day and the storm coming through made everyone bug out.  Snagged and his dad got a couple of bites, but had to head in at around noon.  I had one on for a second at about 10 am, but lost it.  At about 1 pm, I decided to call it a day and trolled back in, battling the wind all the way.  I was at the take out when I reeled up, only to find a violently murdered shiner attached to my hook.  Damn, they were biting, and I needed to get back out there.  Boosted by a surge of adrenaline, I headed back out, past the pier which was barren of people on this day.  I dropped my last bait, a bullhead the size of small mouse into the deep.  Within 5 minutes I got a very aggressive takedown.  I gave the line some slack, noticed he was still biting aggressively, and reeled up hard and fast to set the hook in him.  The fight was  on instantly, and after a tussle, a familiar dark shape appeared out of the deep.  I scooped it up quickly with my net and was totally drenched by a 12-14 lb, very unhappy halibut.  Good times. . .

That's a nice Flattie! and that's a nice Kayak! Welcome to the madness SurfTrekker! Good Job...

Alex

WTG on the flattie!!

Thanks for sharing the report and pic!!
 
Sincerely,

Jim

nice halibut, way to head back out and get him, thanks for the report, cameron

Hail Mary Halibut  WTG!!!

Great job been there three times have yet to land one maybe next week

Congrats on the hali ST and welcome aboard. Hope to fish with you soon.

Jedmo

Great report - wtpersevere!   

Thanks for the report. Headin' there tomorrow.

way to go surftrekker.  nice flattie.  
did you get him close to the pier or way out?

Nice Hali.  Glad you trusted your gut feeling.  Thanks for the report and picture.

Way to stick it out Surftrekker! Persistence paid of in HellaButts!

Thanks guys.  I caught this one right in front of the pier.  My little inflatable gets blown around in the wind pretty hard, so I really had to paddle hard to keep my drift speed slow enough to not miss the short strikes.  Anyways, I hope to fish with many of you this summer.  Tight lines. . .

Surftrekker, glad your effort paid off and had a good time.
Looking forward to hooking up with you as well.

Danny

Rite on with a Nice flattie dude WTG!!! Out of the inflatable yak too! sweetness