If you want to set up a trap rig you can snell the front hook and then use a perfection loop to attach the back hook. When I worked at the Hubs Hatchery we kept halibut brood stock. I spent years feeding these large fish and noticed that when they wanted to eat, they ate. They would come 10 feet off the bottom and inhale sardines and mackeral. No biting, or mouthing. I've seen halis T-bone a big mack and the bait just folded in half and went down the hatch. I instructed a new employee on how to feed the halibut. I said when you see them come off the bottom you need to drop the bait. She walked away with the feed bucket and walked back with blood running off her hand like 2 minutes later. Her comment was that they moved WAY faster than she ever thought the could. That was a fun injury report. They may have behaved differently in our tanks but they were wild fish. The 3 largest halibt I have ever caught were taken on single circle hooks. Mike
04-07-2012, 12:56 PM
Linear Mode
