Cabrillo 8-7-13 Dave gets his 1st legal Ca Halibut

This is a SoCal report ---

I got my first legal California Halibut today!  Fishing on the "inside" at Cabrillo Beach here in L.A.
26.5"  long and 7 lbs.   We're having fish tonight!



I was OTW at about 6:30 am.  It was like glass.  No one else was fishing, aside from the morning party-boats.  I went straight to the receiver, waited my turn in line,  bought some live squid, put it in the bait tube that DPSHIM (Daniel) gave me in Santa Cruz over a year ago -- THANKS AGAIN, Daniel !!! 







I started working out in the deeper water. I got bit quite often then, I got one large lizard and winced.     I can catch those on plastic! So, I decided to move.



At about 9 am I took a "bio-break" at the ramp and went back to fishing.  I was just outside the boat ramp area when *BAM* I was on and I knew it was likely the right kind.  -- I decided to use my big net instead of the gaff to land it -- it was clearly a legal fish but I felt better about the net so .... I netted it.   Measured it.   Two guys in the Police Boat were watching me land it and came over ... so I got to gloat 





I continued fishing until about noon with no more bites and then decided to get off the water.   As I got out "Taylor" was there taking the census so I got her to measure and weigh the fish, and take my picture.   







I finally did what everyone's been telling me to do down here and it worked. (DUH).      I admit it.  I'm a slow learner.  That's why I'm a college professor.    I know it's a lot of pictures of one little fish ... but I had BLAST catching it ... and I'm cooking it for dinner tonight!   

dave   

awesome!
A legal hali is a legal hali, and deserves a write up.
Thanks for sharing the story & pics!

congrats, awesome catch boss. enjoy it!

Great writeup/pics and really good to see you score!!!

Very cool Dave, nice score!

Hell Yes Dinner tonite...Well done Dave...great report

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WTG, Dave!  Stoked for you, Man!   

Fantastic!!!

Thats awesome, I'll be there next month, same exact spot. You should try whites point royal palms too. Just around the bend.

Grillled 1/2 of it for dinner -- eating it now ... nom, nom, nom....   

Congrats on the nice catch.  Thanks for the great report, pictures and "live" dinner update 

Mesquite grilled halibut -- I cooked half the fish for dinner tonight for my wife, daughter, and me.       My goodness, it was tasty!

Don't worry about how many pictures you put up -  , its just more fish porn for us to look at and wish that we had caught one

Don't worry about how many pictures you put up -  , its just more fish porn for us to look at and wish that we had caught one

This!

Fish that you caught yourself ALWAYS tastes better don't it?

What a great looking fish on the water and grill