success!!!

[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)

[William Novotny]

@joe yeah I stopped by grants today to look at another net. I've got a nice baseball sized ring of puncture holes and bruises about for inches south of the money maker. Would I wrestle another flatty into the yak dundie style? Yeaaaah but not unless I have to

[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!

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!

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

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

[William Novotny]

I did sashimi last night and it was delicious. What is the 8lb. mono record on hali by the way?

[William Novotny]

@keptman ill pm you in a sec

[Handymansd]

Very nice!

[THE DARKHORSE]

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Man, for a second there, I thought you were describing the fight of a Yellowtail in your post. You're f'n stoked! Obviously. I'm stoked for ya'!



Halibut put up a good fight on light, Bass tackle. That's for sure.
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Welcome to the site.

[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