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Originally Posted by dos ballenas
Nice report. There are a ton of halibut that hang out in the Swamii's SMCA!
The Cardiff Pipe used to be known to a few people as "halibut land".... I speared my first butt over 20 lbs there!
That said you can not fish with rod and reel from a boat in the Swamii's SMCA....
I could be wrong but I think the regulations for the Swamii's SMCA allow take of pelagic fin fish by speargun only, and fishing by rod and reel from the beach.
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This is true. Good thing you guys stayed south of the 33. Looking at the area on Google maps, I noticed that their MPA borders are incorrect. Although, they only seem to be a basic representation of the area (boxed out). As high tech as they are, I would have expected better. The Soupfins and Leopard Sharks are around now especially near shore. If you were not fully bent, like it takes to break off a snag, then that is what I would expect it to be. BSB could fray your line a little after a fight, but would still require a good bend to break off on 30#.