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dos ballenas · 08-31-2007, 02:10 PM

i'm not kidding about that fish market thing Brad... set up a both at the farmers market in solana beach... or let me know and Ill give you my fedex # if you need to open up some room in your freezer!!!

madscientist · 08-31-2007, 03:31 PM

Here's the full tale. Went out for the first time in 2weeks to make sure the boat was still working before a trip this weekend. Spent 2 hours looking for bait so I wouldn't have to ball bounce. Never found it so tried ball bouncing for a while but so much crap in the water made it a pain. Saltist drag switch got screwed up so I moved the ball rig over to the saltiga. Epic conditions. Finally I hear a commotion....bonies charging micro-bait. Get 2 real fast on the sabiki and toss one on the flyline and convert the ball rig back to a trap rig for the other fat one (about 1#). Hang out with the little bonies for a while. Something big boiled on the flyline but I guess the quick little sucker got away. See some birds and find sardines thick. Catch a pair and go to replace the big bonie on the deep bait. Start reeling in and it feels heavy. Thought I was snagged in kelp yet again, but close to the boat it starts twitching. Felt big and flat right away, and at first color I saw it was good. Didn't have anything ready and my flyline had drifted over my neck, but I got everything out of the way as best I could and tried to line up the gaff. Didn't extend the gaff so I whiffed my first shot. Fish was energetic and kept running but was hooked solid in the jaw and the gill plate with the trap hook. Finally got it gaffed in the belly and tried to beat the crap out of it with my beer bottle. Thing went apeshit. Did that a couple more times before I finally stunned the critter, then straight into the hatch. Long and wide, but not super thick. Went over 40 on the beach and 39.8 today at OEX. Thick and narrow, but no big roe sacks. Few belly worms but not bad (set that piece aside for Jim...j/k

).

Good luck to everyone that braves the weekend chaos this holiday weekend.

Matt · 08-31-2007, 04:38 PM

Sweet beer bottle battlin' beaver

I wish I could have seen that!!!

Kiyo · 08-31-2007, 06:15 PM

Congrats Brad! Very nice Halibut!!

tattuna · 08-31-2007, 08:54 PM

Bonita fer bait? That's a good one! If I wore a hat I'd tip it to ya!

reel fishy · 09-01-2007, 05:45 AM

That's so typical of you Brad!

Good job on the flatness.

"Tried to beat the crap out of it with my beer bottle" lollol

dmr · 09-01-2007, 08:27 AM

Awesome 11th hour slam.

rastrev · 09-01-2007, 09:01 AM

Very nice fish to complete the slam Brad!!!

LiquidLawless · 09-01-2007, 09:37 AM

Really nice fish!!

Big baits catch big fish... 'course I've seen big baits catch really little fish on occasion...

THE DARKHORSE · 09-01-2007, 10:21 AM

I think the rest of us in (WCW) should change our strategy. Does anyone remember the Nancy Carrigon story.

h2ofishfo · 09-01-2007, 10:37 AM

son of a b#$%^ nice feesh

gary sullivan · 09-01-2007, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THE DARKHORSE

I think the rest of us in (WCW) should change our strategy. Does anyone remember the Nancy Carrigon story.

Yeah, but looks what happened to Tonya Harding. Former world class Olympic ice skater turned washed up female boxer. I think I'll pass.

THE DARKHORSE · 09-01-2007, 12:23 PM

lol lol lol lol lol lol [quote=gary sullivan;17490]Yeah, but looks what happened to Tanya Harding. Former world class Olympic ice skater turned washed up female boxer. I think I'll pass.

fishinhb · 09-01-2007, 10:33 PM

Another reason to have a bottle of beer on deck

Nice

Dennis · 09-02-2007, 02:10 PM

Can we finally get a F'N BRAD icon??!!

Holy Mackerel · 09-02-2007, 07:46 PM

Just saw this!! Big flatty congrats!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bohloe1

Can we finally get a F'N BRAD icon??!!

I thought this was the Fn Brad icon... ------>

no?

Chris

esdees · 09-03-2007, 10:49 AM

Wow! That's what I was looking for that morning. Congrats on your (third?) halibut of a lifetime.

Dennis · 09-03-2007, 01:07 PM

I thought this one was....

lol lol lol

Seriously.. Nice barn door there, Brad...

scwafish · 09-03-2007, 08:37 PM

That is indeed a toad. VERY nice again.

katchfish · 09-04-2007, 09:07 PM

Nice flatty, I bet you had a wide stance pulling that one in!!

Ken

08-31-2007, 03:31 PM	#22
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	Here's the full tale. Went out for the first time in 2weeks to make sure the boat was still working before a trip this weekend. Spent 2 hours looking for bait so I wouldn't have to ball bounce. Never found it so tried ball bouncing for a while but so much crap in the water made it a pain. Saltist drag switch got screwed up so I moved the ball rig over to the saltiga. Epic conditions. Finally I hear a commotion....bonies charging micro-bait. Get 2 real fast on the sabiki and toss one on the flyline and convert the ball rig back to a trap rig for the other fat one (about 1#). Hang out with the little bonies for a while. Something big boiled on the flyline but I guess the quick little sucker got away. See some birds and find sardines thick. Catch a pair and go to replace the big bonie on the deep bait. Start reeling in and it feels heavy. Thought I was snagged in kelp yet again, but close to the boat it starts twitching. Felt big and flat right away, and at first color I saw it was good. Didn't have anything ready and my flyline had drifted over my neck, but I got everything out of the way as best I could and tried to line up the gaff. Didn't extend the gaff so I whiffed my first shot. Fish was energetic and kept running but was hooked solid in the jaw and the gill plate with the trap hook. Finally got it gaffed in the belly and tried to beat the crap out of it with my beer bottle. Thing went apeshit. Did that a couple more times before I finally stunned the critter, then straight into the hatch. Long and wide, but not super thick. Went over 40 on the beach and 39.8 today at OEX. Thick and narrow, but no big roe sacks. Few belly worms but not bad (set that piece aside for Jim...j/k ). Good luck to everyone that braves the weekend chaos this holiday weekend. __________________

08-31-2007, 08:54 PM	#25
tattuna Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pasadena Posts: 329	Bonita fer bait? That's a good one! If I wore a hat I'd tip it to ya! __________________ IG @tattuna

09-01-2007, 10:33 PM	#34
fishinhb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 48	Another reason to have a bottle of beer on deck Nice __________________ Ron Pascual aka fishinHB

09-02-2007, 02:10 PM	#35
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	Can we finally get a F'N BRAD icon??!! __________________ Hmmmm.....

09-03-2007, 01:07 PM	#38
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	I thought this one was.... lol lol lol Seriously.. Nice barn door there, Brad... __________________ Hmmmm.....

08-31-2007, 02:10 PM	#21
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	i'm not kidding about that fish market thing Brad... set up a both at the farmers market in solana beach... or let me know and Ill give you my fedex # if you need to open up some room in your freezer!!!

08-31-2007, 04:38 PM	#23
Matt Support your local pangas Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lj Posts: 976	Sweet beer bottle battlin' beaver I wish I could have seen that!!!

08-31-2007, 06:15 PM	#24
Kiyo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Anaheim Posts: 122	Congrats Brad! Very nice Halibut!!

09-01-2007, 05:45 AM	#26
reel fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 42	That's so typical of you Brad! Good job on the flatness. "Tried to beat the crap out of it with my beer bottle" lollol

09-01-2007, 08:27 AM	#27
dmr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 155	Awesome 11th hour slam.

09-01-2007, 09:01 AM	#28
rastrev Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SD, CA Posts: 173	Very nice fish to complete the slam Brad!!!

09-01-2007, 09:37 AM	#29
LiquidLawless Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6	Really nice fish!! Big baits catch big fish... 'course I've seen big baits catch really little fish on occasion...

09-01-2007, 10:21 AM	#30
THE DARKHORSE Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seven minutes from the launch! Posts: 987	I think the rest of us in (WCW) should change our strategy. Does anyone remember the Nancy Carrigon story.

09-01-2007, 10:37 AM	#31
h2ofishfo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santee Posts: 821	son of a b#$%^ nice feesh

09-01-2007, 12:23 PM	#33
THE DARKHORSE Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seven minutes from the launch! Posts: 987	lol lol lol lol lol lol [quote=gary sullivan;17490]Yeah, but looks what happened to Tanya Harding. Former world class Olympic ice skater turned washed up female boxer. I think I'll pass.

09-03-2007, 10:49 AM	#37
esdees The Good Clone Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clairemont Posts: 520	Wow! That's what I was looking for that morning. Congrats on your (third?) halibut of a lifetime.

09-03-2007, 08:37 PM	#39
scwafish Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ukiah Posts: 86	That is indeed a toad. VERY nice again.

09-04-2007, 09:07 PM	#40
katchfish Paddle for Mahi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doing the happy paddle! Posts: 848	Nice flatty, I bet you had a wide stance pulling that one in!! Ken