2019 California Halibut Spearfishing Vid and Recap

Pretty much devoted my diving life for the past 6+ months to staring at sand and chasing Halibut...

2-3 times a week, in 4 different counties, from shore and kayak and boat, from the beginning of April through the beginning of October.

The vid below shows some of my favorite footage that I was able to capture this season:



All fish were consumed fresh by my family and friends.

2019 stats:

-36 fish
-2 in April, 8 in May, 7 in June, 10 in July, 5 in August, 4 in September
-Biggest 34 inches
-8 over 28 inches
-6 limits, 2 doubles
-932.75 inches total
-25.9 inch average
-17 Right sided, 19 Left sided
-Best streak: 3 limits in a row over 5 days (July 3rd, 6th, 7th)
-Worst streak: 5 skunks in a row

Was a pretty fun and productive season, but looking forward to hunting different species in different kinds of habitat now.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Silent Hunter is going to go stay with you next Summer 

”STUD!”

I’m saying this cause Bushy would, and he prolly can’t right now

man those suckers are hard to see. I only started seeing them because your spear was pointing at them. Thanks for the vid, and great season man.  and the stats are great!

Man you must have ate well this past year!  Thanks for the vid.

Amazing stats...

Super impressive! Love the compilation!

Damn Jim...That's a lot of Butt😉👏🏽

 Really fun to see your season statistics. Youve done super good.  I believe you have mastered your technique. 

Nicely done Jim.

So how does that work with size limit ? Whatif you Spearfish something that is under the size limit?

So how does that work with size limit ? Whatif you Spearfish something that is under the size limit?

Same as with any fish with a size limit...don’t pull the trigger if not sure if legal...

Can be tricky if only see head of a Ling/cab in a hole, or outline of jaw of butt in sand but that’s your job as a spearo to decide whether to shoot or not.

What you never want to do is bring in an undersized fish cuz you messed up and shot it....against all regs and rules and makes all spearos look bad..like the regs say, if you “catch” an undersized fish you must release it immediately.

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Good to know, thanks!

Slaying it as always. Well done Sir!

  Enjoyed every bit of it.  No halibut fishing here in Austin, TX...