Bait Barge- San Diego Bay

[Mr. NiceGuy]

You can also go to the search feature in the upper right and type in "halibut"

There is a wealth of information here.

[kirkdavis]

You summed it up pretty well, Mr. Nice Guy. I got two out of one spot and have been hitting it for about 8 months since without another catch. I have gotten raked a few times, so I'm not giving up, but I am expanding my hunting grounds. I thin even the "successful" halibut hunters will agree that it is a lot of misses for a few hits. The good news is that an inner peace is always caught and kept to treasure on rainy days.

[Mr. NiceGuy]

If we are getting raked, that's a good sign. Next thing to do is think about why they might not be sticking.

Watching Greg Andrew's videos with his underwater camera rig is pretty amazing to see how halibut will follow and nip at bait, mouth it, spit it out, suck it in again, for quite a long time. They can be quite tenacious when they are following a bait.