Monday Malibu

[jscott]

Figured you all might like to hear about another area other than LJ. Launched at 6:30am to small surf. Out perfectly dry. See some SMALL bait puddling but can't make any bait to save my life. Good thing I brought squid. I get some good fights-- but turn out to be 2 shovelnose and 1 ray. Had another good fight turn out to end up with frayed line (another shark!). I also picked up a legal cali on plastic-- released. I snagged a sanddab on one of the hooks with squid...and I took him off and he jumped in my bait tank. I said-- OK-- then put him back on a hook and tossed him out. After about 20 minutes or so-- my clicker starts going-- click..click...click. I see my rod tip bouncing. Slowly pick up the rod...let him eat, let him eat. Then pull up slack line and I'm on! Pull up some heavy weight-- but he's fighting diff than the previous fish. Comes up relatively easy and I see a NICE halibut. Grab my gaff and first swing and he's in the yak...clip him and when I go to slice the gills he goes nuts-- but not going anywhere because I got him secured! YEAH! Ended up being 33" and 17#. Paddle in and time it perfect. A few minutes later we see some Big sets coming through. Just gotta watch and wait! Off the water by noon as the wind started picking up.


See-- sometimes fish can be caught outside of LJ too!!