Halibut addiction - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

seck66 · 11-27-2018, 06:50 PM

It may be splitting hairs, but if I don’t have any live bait, I will use one of my dead bait that either died in the bait well or was molested in a hookup that got away. I’ve had some reasonable success with dead greenbacks.

A point from earlier in this thread about setups...

I don’t have any experience with bay fishing so my logic is as follows. If I’m flylining or slow trolling live bait, I’m a huge fan of fluorocarbon as your bait is somewhere ~near the surface and you get the added invisibility. However, if I’m fishing the bottom in 80+ feet of water, I don’t believe it makes any difference at that depth. Further, if you hook something bigger on the bottom (such as a halibut) with a large live bait, I want the added stretch of mono...

In either case, I’ve been using 40lb leaders. Too many times I’ve had my heart broken because my leader was bitten through or snapped...

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11-27-2018, 06:50 PM	#12
seck66 Junior Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: San Diego, on a good day west of shore Posts: 13	It may be splitting hairs, but if I don’t have any live bait, I will use one of my dead bait that either died in the bait well or was molested in a hookup that got away. I’ve had some reasonable success with dead greenbacks. A point from earlier in this thread about setups... I don’t have any experience with bay fishing so my logic is as follows. If I’m flylining or slow trolling live bait, I’m a huge fan of fluorocarbon as your bait is somewhere ~near the surface and you get the added invisibility. However, if I’m fishing the bottom in 80+ feet of water, I don’t believe it makes any difference at that depth. Further, if you hook something bigger on the bottom (such as a halibut) with a large live bait, I want the added stretch of mono... In either case, I’ve been using 40lb leaders. Too many times I’ve had my heart broken because my leader was bitten through or snapped...