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Old 08-02-2014, 03:42 AM   #1
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Big ass butt!!!

Shot this beauty today.
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Figured I would work a little deeper and look for some bigger models. Didn't see much accept some pancakes. Daniel got a nice 27" fish and pointed out the area to me. I swam around the area and saw 2 legals, but they were not big enough for me. I wanted something as big or bigger than the one from last night which was 31.5/32". With the his fish strung up, Daniel swam around me and out more and straight to the outside where he got his... like 10ft or so... I worked a little outside the legals and walla! laying on a drop off with its head in 6ft of water and is tail in 8ft... Some sort of large fish... I could only see a 3ft grey oval from afar, but when I got over top I nearly shit my suit! I lined right for the spine, hoping for a stone shot like last night...

I shot head-on and behind the pectoral fin. It just sat there. I Kept my gun in my hand and dove done, and boom, he rocketed off swimming all the way up the shaft (love that) and tore the gun out of my hand (hate that)!

I grab my shooting line and its game on. He pulls about 25ft of line, but then makes a wide circle and comes straight at me. I go for the shooting line and he runs into my shoulder, turns around and bolts tearing the shooting line out of my hand... He pulls about 10 mor ft of floatline and stops.... I have 5 more feet of line left. I follow the line and find him on the bottom.

I fought him a few more minutes close to me trying to get ahold of him. I barely got inside his gill slit and finally brought him to the surface. I immediately knew this was the second largest halibut of my life. I sunk my hands deep in his sharp gill-rakers and tore out his gills. Game over. On the way in I realized he wrapped my shooting line around my leg twice... luckily I won that battle!

Fish taped out at 36". Bottomed out my small 19.9 pound scale at first when I picked it up, but it dropped a tad to give me a sound weight. 18.4lb!!! Fish still does not beat my 29lber, but for a shoredive, I am fuking stoked!
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Old 08-02-2014, 07:06 AM   #2
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Tailsurfer, the halibut slayer. Awesome fish.
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Old 08-02-2014, 07:08 AM   #3
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I could be wrong but I think the Halibut fishery is closed for the month of August........
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Old 08-02-2014, 07:12 AM   #4
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http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pacifichalibut.asp
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Old 08-02-2014, 08:01 AM   #5
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For pacific halibut.
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Old 08-02-2014, 10:10 AM   #6
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Whoa Tailsurfer!!!!!!!! Nice fish.

More importantly did you find a roommate?
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Old 08-02-2014, 10:13 AM   #7
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Beauty!!!!!!!!

Congrats!!!



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Old 08-02-2014, 10:42 AM   #8
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Nice fish dude, glad you didn't lose your gear again
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Old 08-02-2014, 06:06 PM   #9
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Very Nice ...
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Old 08-02-2014, 07:32 PM   #10
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Congratulations...tastes as good or, better than tuna....
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Old 08-03-2014, 10:15 AM   #11
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Halilbut slayer. Great fish and write up. Careful with that shooting line wrap. It does not take much to pull a diver down. 15#?
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Old 08-03-2014, 11:14 AM   #12
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Nice fish Josh, you worked for it.... congrats.
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Old 08-04-2014, 12:44 PM   #13
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Hell ya tail surfer nice fish!
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Old 08-04-2014, 01:24 PM   #14
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Sweet! Good work!
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