Report and Photos: 2018 Oyster Point Halibut Fish and Learn

Good meeting you Keith, Gill and others. Thanks Keith for putting this together. I couldn't stay for lunch but still good to be out on the water.

Thank you Keith for putting this on!! I had to go right before you shared your fish so I did not get a chance to say thank you for giving your time. At first I thought why fish first and then teach us how to catch them?
So I spent time online and thought I had it figured out. I had the secret set up. I was ready.
I thought, is this part of Keith's master plan? Make them do the homework ?
 Well, an hour in I got my first hook up. Bang ! Line cut. Shark?? Then within the next 30 minutes two hook ups, but both spit hook at last minute. So I guess I needed help on landing not hooking up...
First year with my kayak. Been killing the lings but  a halibut is still on my list. Halibut Slayer shirt will have to hang in the closet until I can wear it without lying. haha

Thanks Keith for putting this together. The NCKA camaraderie is pretty amazing! Had a blast fishing with everyone.

Bagged my first keeper on the yak in 20ft of water, 24” butt. Got her on the troll, using frozen anchovies.

Thank you for putting this together Keith. Even though Steven and I got skunked we had a fun day on the water and learned a lot from everyone. Now just looking forward to getting rid of the question mark that I put on my Slayer? tee shirt when I get my first keeper (haha). It was great seeing Ariel again and meet new people and the food was great!!!
I'll be back.

Thanks for putting this on LA! And thank you Ariel for the bait. I didn’t get any keepers but a lot of shakers just under 22 “.

Next stop GS12!

This was a fantastic event.   Thank you to the organizer and participants!!!  Great time and learning experience.

Thank you for putting this together, Keith.

Even though I still have get that keeper halibut from my kayak, it was a fun day fishing with everyone at the event. It was great meeting new people and seeing old friends.

Thanks Keith had a great time fishing and meeting others.


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Thanks for organizing this Keith. You did an awesome job teaching us and providing an amazing lunch. I also really enjoyed the halibut steak you gave me. Hopefully, I can use my newfound knowledge to land my first halibut so I can wear the shirt.

Thanks everyone for coming. I'm a little tired today so I'll do an official post tomorrow with photos. I had a little convincing to go fishing on Sunday, but had to make the call in the morning.

Lucky to scratch up two today when the tides hitting right.

Lucky to scratch up two today when the tides hitting right.

It ain't lucky Keith. You are the Grand Sifu Master (true butt slayer) 

Damn Keith, I should've followed you put...lol

wow well done. looks like the season is dead for me waiting on the surgery date for my knee. oh well hopefully there will be other seasons

Thanks for organizing the event Keith! I have to leave early so I missed the learning part. But one thing I learned is the lost anchovy can’t keep shiner alive. 

Congrats to Fish67 for the 1st keeper yak halibut.

Official Report

First off, I really appreciate those that came to my first Fish and Learn.  As I said during the seminar that I do this for the love of the sport and the community.  In my opinion there isn’t many organization that has the camaraderie that NCKA has. I think that is something that needs to continue to live on and be passed on — I think it is the greatest legacy that mooch left us before he passed.

I first want to thank the FISH GODS for listening to prayers. I know the forecast at O.P called for a windy day, but we lucked out and it turned out to be VERY NICE DAY on the water. Safety is always my number one concern.

For for those that attended, I know that there was a lot to cover in such a short amount of time; but I did my best to give attendees a large over view of this fishery. Halibut are a text book fish. Once you understand their behavior it gets a lot easier. I also want to thank the other season anglers that provided their input and added to the conversation — Except Ariel who said something about baby halibut liking to hump big halibut. WTF? Hahaha — I have no idea but his heart was in the right place; And Darius who started offering free Halibut guiding trips to BH (Even though I purposely excluded that location from my Fish and Learn)  JK

Since the event I have fielded multiple request for me to host other “Fish and Learn” events.  Let me consider this. If anything, these will be much smaller gathering of “max 5 people” that I will post on
thelostanchovy.com . As I like to get in depth and provide more 1:1 time to field questions and fish.

So here are some photos from the Fish and Learn.

Final Note: Yes, JamesM, I can’t keep a shiner a live; but I appreciate you keeping them alive for me, and giving me my Money Shiner for the MBF. I am a firm believer in the JamesM shiner shop! . Oh.. and Happy Birthday Brotha  

TLA