11-08-2014, 09:41 PM | #1 |
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Hali's return to OC
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11-08-2014, 10:14 PM | #2 |
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Yeah buddy! !!
I still dont have a 30pounder
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11-08-2014, 10:26 PM | #3 |
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Nice fish. Good eats right there!! I need to start targeting the butts again
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11-08-2014, 10:58 PM | #4 |
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Sweet! Nice flatty!
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11-09-2014, 05:46 AM | #5 |
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Well done Wayne -
I was out the day after in one of our other areas and scored but not nearly a big and hefty as yours. Ya gotta take what the ocean gives ya and you were given much. Congrats Nicholas
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11-09-2014, 06:13 AM | #6 |
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Very nice flatty. Those larger models have been elusive in the DP area this year. I had an interesting hook up on one a couple weeks ago. I was on the edge of the canyon off the headlands in 185 feet of water. I was fishing a dropper with a fairly large mack. I had decided to reel in and reset my drift. I was reading in and probably 60 feet off the bottom and got hit. After a fairly uneventful fight I have this big butt laid out next to the yak. I had decided that I wasn't going to keep anything on that day but when I saw it I realized that it was probably a personal best so decided to harvest it. While scrambling for my gaff she gave a quick head shake and came unbuttoned.
185 feet of water 60 feet off the bottom. Go figure!
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11-09-2014, 06:13 AM | #7 |
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Wayne -
You da' MAN! Good fish, good job, and the start of some GOOD karma...
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11-09-2014, 08:55 AM | #8 |
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maybe that butt was attracted to your new boat. Nice job... you are on a roll!
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11-09-2014, 04:25 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for the kudos and Rossman sharing his experience with the pelagic hali. I read somewhere that hali tagged along the coast passed across the San Pedro Channel (3,000 - 4,000 ft deep!) to show up later in Catalina. Who would think they could swim 20+ miles in the open ocean?
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11-09-2014, 05:44 PM | #10 |
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Way to Go
That is one nice fish!!! Hope to see you on the water soon.
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11-09-2014, 06:08 PM | #11 |
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Nice beasty!
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11-09-2014, 06:08 PM | #12 |
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Hey Wayne,
Met you and your buddy on the water a few years ago. This couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Way to go! Southman |
11-09-2014, 08:34 PM | #13 |
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furthest they have been reported moving is from oceanside, to monterey bay, a tagged one
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11-09-2014, 08:59 PM | #14 |
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It really has been a tough year for the halibut at dana. Thankfully el nino had brought some other interesting fishing with it to keep you on your toes.
That is a very nice halibut though, congrats |
11-09-2014, 09:13 PM | #15 |
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Nice, at first glance I thought that was a new paddle board.
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11-09-2014, 09:28 PM | #16 |
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Wow Wayne!! That's a sweet fish!! And on a sardine...
It seems with all the macks around, those halibuts would be feeding only on them. Nice job finding a trophy. |
11-09-2014, 09:47 PM | #17 |
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Thought I had better check out the stats on that and I was a little off. Ichthyologist Milton Love at UC Santa Barbara reports that 2 Calif Halibut he tagged in Santa Monica Bay were recovered in Morro Bay (194-198mi) and 2 others wound up at Santa Cruz Is (181mi). BTW I strongly recommend M. S. Love's book CERTAINLY MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FISHES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN (2011)- very entertaining and informative. The above info appears on page 559.
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11-09-2014, 10:39 PM | #18 |
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Nice fish! Think I met you at the dock at DP Jet Ski and Kayak Center a few weeks ago. I was the bigger guy asking about your new outback. Maybe I'll see you out there soon.
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11-10-2014, 07:47 AM | #19 |
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11-10-2014, 12:26 PM | #20 |
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Nice Butt!
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