35lb Halibut & Yellowtail Malibu Footage!

[dpunch]

Some cheap entertainment for your guys! Enjoy! Incredible warm water mixing things up out here! Malibu, thats never happens for us on the yellows! Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KPvI80bc5w

[FISH11]

Great haul. Nice trophies. Great eats! Thanks for sharing.

[momo fish]

Wow nice!! Conditions have been shitty past noon but that's looks so flat. What time were you out?

[GregAndrew]

Congrats. You have to be the luckiest man alive to be going home with that Halibut.

[lbsurf2ca]

Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Congrats. You have to be the luckiest man alive to be going home with that Halibut.

X2.

nice fish man...damn that looked dangerous

[momo fish]

Why lucky and dangerous guys? Cause it didn't go berserk?

[Teambcw]

Good job!

[dmrides]

Originally Posted by lbsurf2ca

X2.

nice fish man...damn that looked dangerous

X3

Nice fish! Glad it worked out the way it did! Time for some game clips.

[Rufus]

I wonder how many people who ride a cattle boat, and see a yacker catch a 35# halibut, give it up and go visit their local yack dealer and buy a boat?

[TekkaYaker]

Congrats on an awesome day on the water! I'd be careful dangling feet in the water with a kayak full of blood though.. Ya never know what is waiting below!

http:// m.nydailynews.com/news/national/kayak-fisherman-killed-maui-shark-attack-article-1.1535902

[lowprofile]

Nice going man!

I must have missed the lucky and dangerous part...?

[YakDout]

You stoned that halibut with the gaff shot. Nice placement. And you're telling me la jolla isn't the only place to catch a yellowtail???

[bubblehide]

Sweet!

With the hurricane sitting off Baja, expected to be there for a while, just pumping the warm water up the coast, it's bound to only get better. Jeez, what an epic year!

[dpunch]

Thanks guys for the views. One of those magical days, right conditions, little swell, no wind and right kind below the boat.

For the guys that mentioned safety as a concern. Best practices on the water, and precautions can always be improved. Personnal awareness is the biggest asset while managing gear and heavier game fish. I actually reviewed the video several times and did see a few things I could have done differently, but we have all been there, getting caught up in the moment. Lucky that halibut didn't go hay-wire, or as mentioned, could have been a unsafe move.

All in all, it's the risks we take for the shot, picture or experience of landing that fish we have been looking for. For me, I try to make them calculated risks, in this case well worth it!

[lamb]

Great day Chase, congrats!

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by TekkaYaker

Congrats on an awesome day on the water! I'd be careful dangling feet in the water with a kayak full of blood though.. Ya never know what is waiting below!

http:// m.nydailynews.com/news/national/kayak-fisherman-killed-maui-shark-attack-article-1.1535902

First off, awesome catch and great video. Thank you for the report.

Second, I had a close encounter with a GW at County Line last year on the 4th of July. I gaffed a 35 lb sea bass in Deep Hole and let it bleed out over the side of the yak. About 3 hours later a 15' or more GW popped up behind a yaker that was about 30' away from me (down current). Thing goes into overdrive and circles the guy 3 or 4 times, scaring the hell out of him, turns my way and goes down. I thought I was next in line but it never came up again. Felt pretty bad for the guy who got circled since I was the one chumming...Fun day on the water. LOL...I'll be out there this weekend! haha

[wiredantz]

I only bleed the fish before I make it back to land and I don't like to dangle my fish in the water.


People bleed their fish in the middle of the ocean, and dangle their catch in the water. I don't want any attention from the sharkies so I more careful. But WAter is the right temperature and Malibu is going off along with Santamonica. Thanks for sharing. I try to put my fish inside my kayak just so I don't leave a trail of blood.