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05-27-2010, 10:49 PM | #1 |
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when life gives you smelt......
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 |
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Nice Fish bud
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05-27-2010, 11:20 PM | #3 |
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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 |
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How much did it weigh? Awesome fish! Tough one to best.
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05-28-2010, 01:55 AM | #5 |
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Nick, I'll email you the pics Asap, Nice fish!
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05-28-2010, 02:08 AM | #6 |
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Congratulations on the Halibut, #53 is a Trophy Fish.
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05-28-2010, 02:56 AM | #7 |
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Holy sheet!
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05-28-2010, 05:04 AM | #8 |
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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
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05-28-2010, 07:15 AM | #9 |
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Nice one!!! If you went a year without catching and this is your first, you most certainly earned that one!!!
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05-28-2010, 07:17 AM | #10 |
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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.
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05-28-2010, 07:30 AM | #11 |
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Nice fish!!! Congrats man. Nice work!
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05-28-2010, 08:12 AM | #12 |
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Good luck topping that! That might be a IGKFA record at 53lbs.
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05-28-2010, 08:26 AM | #13 |
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Nice Fish! Did you catch that beast north of the pier or out by the kelp?
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05-28-2010, 08:31 AM | #14 |
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The California angling record stands at 58 lb. and 9 oz. caught by Roger W. Borrell at Santa Rosa Island on July 26th, 1999.
72 lb. and 8 oz. halibut was speared at Santa Cruz Island Could be a Line class record though! That fish is probebly 30 years old. Since they have banned the gill netting those fish have the chance to grow big like that. |
05-28-2010, 08:38 AM | #15 |
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Wade- there was no glowing egg sinker hanging from it, go back and get that one you lost!
this thing put up a hell of a fight, surprised i didn't lose it, missed the gaff shot twice and had to take pauses in fighting it so i could paddle out of the surf zone I went from excitement to nervousness when I saw how big it was, filleted it up last night and threw some on the grill, very tasty. I will probably never catch one like this again but that is one hell of a fish to have as my first |
05-28-2010, 08:47 AM | #16 |
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nice monster.. so whens dinner
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05-28-2010, 08:47 AM | #17 |
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very impressive, congrats.
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05-28-2010, 08:50 AM | #18 |
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congrats! I was parked next to you on the beach with the white Tundra who was taking off......good to see somebody hooked into something
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05-28-2010, 08:58 AM | #19 |
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That's a lot more than just a nice fish, that's a fish of a lifetime! Incredible catch man
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05-28-2010, 09:00 AM | #20 |
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Wow thats a fish! congrats!
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