success!!!

[mtnbykr2]

I like this post well done, welcome to the addiction, you will fit in just fine.
Now if you will excuse me I gotta go to the freezer and take out a halibut fillet, cuz this made me hungry...congrats on the nice butt, can't beat the light tackle halis

[kobra]

Congrats on your nice cherry popper butt William. Most folks fish a long time before they get a legal flatty.

[yakrider]

nicely done!

[Amish Ed]

nice job on the light tackle butt whoopin. How's the water in the harbor right now? I'm heading there tomorrow.

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by Amish Ed

nice job on the light tackle butt whoopin. How's the water in the harbor right now? I'm heading there tomorrow.

Huge tidal movent, the tomato soup has moved back out and the waters clearer then it was a few days ago. Still kinda warm dispite the colder weather we've been having. The harbor was empty today too. I didn't see any other yaks and only one rental skiff on the water in the 3 hours I was out there. I wish I could have spent the day out there.

[GBF]

Sweet...................

GBF

[JoeGoFish]

It's all fun and games until someone loses their left nut to a flattie in a yak!

Second float and you boat a keeper? Well done.

I'm jealous and still looking for my first keeper in NPH. I catch shorts a plenty, and I'm generally too excited to remember my net. I end up going for the head pinch. They seem to calm down pretty quickly when their face gets smooshed. After your near-nut-crushing-disaster I'll be netting from now on.

Do you give lessons? (jk)

Nice job man! Maybe one day you'll set hte 8lb mono IFGA records for biggest California Halibut!

Me too am envious, no hali for me in 5-6 trips

I bet he tasted gooooood!

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by kobra

Congrats on your nice cherry popper butt William. Most folks fish a long time before they get a legal flatty.

I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.

[KeptMan]

Originally Posted by William Novotny

I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.

Bounceball! Bounceball! Bounceall! I kill them in the deepest part of the channel dragging dodgers + small green hoochies + large sardine on two 4-O circles off of downriggers about an hour and 1-1/2 before to 1-hour after high slack. I very rarely catch sub-legals. Actually, if it isn't 10-LB+, it isn't worth cleaning and donating so let it grow. Best of luck!

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by William Novotny

I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.

Make it exciting and fish Cabrillo, there's quality bycatch there.
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[William Novotny]

That looks to be about a 12lb black firestone you got there.....nice