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05-21-2017, 11:39 AM
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5/19 DP Halibuts
Did a super leisure launch on Friday AM with my wife after gorging on Denny's pancakes. Sunny and around 10kts all day. We baited up at the barge and fished the beach, no GWS seen. Lots of surfers did not seem to mind the recent sightings as well. Wanda got the first fish to the boat, questionably legal, so not a victim of the gaff. The fish spit the hook and was just floating there and Wanda swung the mauled bait in front of it. The halibut flared it's gills and sucked the whole dine in, so cool to see. This gave me some confidence that they were gonna be aggressive and they were. Wanda was the hot stick getting 2 keepers, 26 and 28 inchers. She was so stoked
 We were both fishing 15# short 18" leaders Carolina rigged 3/4oz egg sinkers and #1 hooks nice perfect 6 inch sardines. We fished 10am-2pm and would have kept fishing except 2 was enough and wanted to get em on ice. Dumped 1/2 of our bait. Left em biting as we were both bit and spit winding in our last baits. Several shorts and a few heavier ones that popped off. Just as we were leaving a sea turtle popped up in front of us, never seen one in Dana before...good luck sign Tasty dinner Friday night, panko with a capers and lemon butter sauce and grilled halibut tacos tonight. 
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05-21-2017, 11:45 AM
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Good deal right there. Halibut sounds tasty right about now. Mmmm...
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05-21-2017, 12:13 PM
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Congrats on the tasty catch, Andy. Sounds like your wife out fished you. Is that part of your strategy, to keeping her happy?
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MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )  
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05-21-2017, 01:37 PM
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Nice job both of you! That should be tasty.
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05-21-2017, 02:56 PM
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Nice work
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05-21-2017, 07:37 PM
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Tasty x2
Thanks for the report.
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