|
Home | Forum | Online Store | Information | LJ Webcam | Gallery | Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
05-27-2010, 10:49 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: San Diego
Posts: 179
|
when life gives you smelt......
....catch HUGE halibut
hit la jolla for some afternoon fishing, the plan was to get smelt and then go fish for halibut, the plan was a success http://sharing.theflip.com/session/3...video/14443920 measured 51 1/2 inches, 53lbs on the digital scale, my first fish on the kayak after fishing la jolla for a year, now i get to replace the skunk smell with halibut smell |
05-27-2010, 11:02 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 520
|
Nice Fish bud
Last edited by Gino; 05-28-2010 at 07:30 AM. |
05-27-2010, 11:20 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 1,214
|
nice 1!!!
did it have a 3 oz. glow egg sinker swinging from his head by any chance? |
05-27-2010, 11:20 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: 2 inches above sea level
Posts: 503
|
How much did it weigh? Awesome fish! Tough one to best.
__________________
"All I got was a rock" |
05-28-2010, 01:55 AM | #5 |
Leo
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Jolla, CA
Posts: 482
|
Nick, I'll email you the pics Asap, Nice fish!
|
05-28-2010, 02:08 AM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Bay Ho
Posts: 1,382
|
Congratulations on the Halibut, #53 is a Trophy Fish.
|
05-28-2010, 02:56 AM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Menifee
Posts: 2,509
|
Holy sheet!
|
05-28-2010, 05:04 AM | #8 |
Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: south florida
Posts: 69
|
good for you but a year sounds like a long time. but i'm not from that area so i woulnd't know what it's like
|
05-28-2010, 07:15 AM | #9 |
Support your local pangas
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lj
Posts: 976
|
Nice one!!! If you went a year without catching and this is your first, you most certainly earned that one!!!
__________________
Thanks Matt F. |
05-28-2010, 07:17 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Carlsbad
Posts: 591
|
Holy crap that is a big ass barn door!!! You're one of the few people on this planet that has a bigger PB fish than the darkhorse.
|
05-28-2010, 07:04 PM | #11 |
Junior
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 4
|
SWEET
|
05-28-2010, 07:16 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: La Mesa
Posts: 386
|
Holy crap that thing is huge... Now you've got to get back out there and find its fat sister!
__________________
Need a custom rod wrapped? PM me! http://s686.photobucket.com/albums/vv222/fishinkid2010/Sample%20Rod%20Wrapping/?albumview=slideshow |
05-28-2010, 07:29 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 396
|
Wow!!!
Damn, now I know what I am fishing for on Monday. Well done.
|
05-29-2010, 09:37 AM | #14 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Wow, Wow, Wow. That's an incredible fish.
I can't believe you handled that monster. |
05-29-2010, 04:02 PM | #15 |
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 117
|
grats.. thats a lifetime catch right there..
mind I ask what kind of rig you were using? # test.. hook, setup, etc.. |
05-30-2010, 11:43 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: San Diego
Posts: 179
|
|
05-31-2010, 03:27 PM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 2,568
|
Beautiful fish, big time congrats
__________________
[------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a |
06-01-2010, 11:45 AM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Seven minutes from the launch!
Posts: 987
|
Well done!
Records are meant to be broken. Good on ya', mate! When I caught my monster last Summer, I was under the impression the the IGFA record was close to 60 lbs. When my fish went 51 lbs 5 0z I was stoked, really stoked, but I thought it wasn't even close to the record. Later, I found out the IGFA record is right around 53 lbs (I think?) and I should have rushed my fish to a certified scale after being caught, instead of letting her rest in ice for two days. My fish was caught with 20 lb Seaguar fluorocarbon and I thought I missed out on a possible IGFA record.
Really though, no matter how you cut it---we'll both be chasing these fish for the rest of our lives. The only cool part about that: when we farm a Halibut that's 40lbs+---who cares?!? Sure, I might spew a few choice words, but I'll get over it.
__________________
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|