Finally got my first legal butt! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

tacklebox · 04-11-2013, 06:19 PM

I was fishing the dp harbor (not in my kayak) and got this guy. 5.4 lbs 24.5 inches. Man was that intense! Was shaking from adrenaline for like 15 mins. So pumped!

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JeffB · 04-11-2013, 06:48 PM

Cool cool, congrats!

the dude · 04-11-2013, 06:56 PM

congrats...

pro tip: extend the arm more.

janines.fishtales@cox.net · 04-11-2013, 07:01 PM

Yeah! Good for you! Now go get one in your yak!

Congrats!
Janine

FlyFishinYakr · 04-11-2013, 07:06 PM

Congrats, too bad it wasn't from your yak!
Very nice anyways.
FFY

dorado50 · 04-11-2013, 07:30 PM

I'd be super stoked too! Congrats...now go get another one

blitzburgh · 04-11-2013, 08:15 PM

Congrats!

spottie slayer · 04-11-2013, 09:04 PM

good butt. congrats

packeryakker · 04-12-2013, 04:42 AM

Congrats man! I got my first legal about 11 months ago and the addiction has only gotten worse, I am talking biblical proportions worse and my first was like 22.0001 inches and I was wound up for two days. NICE!

h-james · 04-12-2013, 05:49 AM

Man, what a nice hali! I seem to be in a hali drought, glad someone is catching them.

James

Raskal311 · 04-12-2013, 06:05 AM

Am I the only one without a legal Hali? Landed plenty of 18"ish but no legals todate

FishNinjaY · 04-12-2013, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Raskal311

Am I the only one without a legal Hali? Landed plenty of 18"ish but no legals todate

Yup. Same here. In fact, as a team, the 2 largest halis caught were both 18", both caught by my 9-yr old son. I have some catching up (or just catching) to do! Butt I feel it coming soon, now that I have a fancy new gaff. Lol.

Raskal311 · 04-12-2013, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by FishNinjaY

Yup. Same here. In fact, as a team, the 2 largest halis caught were both 18", both caught by my 9-yr old son. I have some catching up (or just catching) to do! Butt I feel it coming soon, now that I have a fancy new gaff. Lol.

Tomorrow will be my day

ful-rac · 04-12-2013, 08:01 AM

congrats on the first halibut! Now stop screwn around and get your ass on that kayak and start catch'n the big ones!

MITCHELL · 04-12-2013, 08:05 AM

You be eaten good in the narborhood
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sharjak · 04-12-2013, 08:57 AM

Congrats

mtnbykr2 · 04-12-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Raskal311

Am I the only one without a legal Hali? Landed plenty of 18"ish but no legals todate

Try going over the area that you are picking up shorts again after you hook up, there has got to be a 25+ in there some where...

Raskal311 · 04-12-2013, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mtnbykr2

Try going over the area that you are picking up shorts again after you hook up, there has got to be a 25+ in there some where...

I've been fishing a lot of plastics, I think I'll find a keeper on live this Saturday. Fingers crossed.

Biggameaddict · 04-12-2013, 06:11 PM

Congrats on the legal!! Where you surf fishing for it?

tacklebox · 04-13-2013, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Biggameaddict

Congrats on the legal!! Where you surf fishing for it?

No. I was off the rocks in the harbor. My bait was frozen sardine tails from hogans

04-11-2013, 06:19 PM	#1
tacklebox I got gas! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 159	Finally got my first legal butt! I was fishing the dp harbor (not in my kayak) and got this guy. 5.4 lbs 24.5 inches. Man was that intense! Was shaking from adrenaline for like 15 mins. So pumped! __________________ TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY

04-11-2013, 06:48 PM	#2
JeffB Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: La Jolla Posts: 1,216	Cool cool, congrats! __________________ If you're looking for me I'm

04-11-2013, 06:56 PM	#3
the dude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Valley Center Posts: 271	congrats... pro tip: extend the arm more. __________________ The dude abides.

04-11-2013, 07:01 PM	#4
janines.fishtales@cox.net Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 555	Yiipppeee! Yeah! Good for you! Now go get one in your yak! Congrats! Janine __________________ Fishtales

04-11-2013, 08:15 PM	#7
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Congrats! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

04-11-2013, 07:06 PM	#5
FlyFishinYakr Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nor Cal...30 min from Bodega/Tomales Bay, 1hr from Clear Lake, 2+ hr to Berryessa & the Delta Posts: 729	Congrats, too bad it wasn't from your yak! Very nice anyways. FFY

04-11-2013, 07:30 PM	#6
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	I'd be super stoked too! Congrats...now go get another one

04-11-2013, 09:04 PM	#8
spottie slayer Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Dana point Posts: 74	good butt. congrats

04-12-2013, 04:42 AM	#9
packeryakker Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Victorville Posts: 61	Congrats man! I got my first legal about 11 months ago and the addiction has only gotten worse, I am talking biblical proportions worse and my first was like 22.0001 inches and I was wound up for two days. NICE!

04-12-2013, 05:49 AM	#10
h-james Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 51	Man, what a nice hali! I seem to be in a hali drought, glad someone is catching them. James

04-12-2013, 06:05 AM	#11
Raskal311 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Santa Ana/Westminster Posts: 1,256	Am I the only one without a legal Hali? Landed plenty of 18"ish but no legals todate

04-12-2013, 08:01 AM	#14
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	congrats on the first halibut! Now stop screwn around and get your ass on that kayak and start catch'n the big ones! __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

04-12-2013, 08:05 AM	#15
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,269	You be eaten good in the narborhood __________________ Duke Mitchell

04-12-2013, 08:57 AM	#16
sharjak Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South OC Posts: 102	Congrats

04-12-2013, 06:11 PM	#19
Biggameaddict The Kayak Peddler Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: North Hollywood Posts: 591	Congrats on the legal!! Where you surf fishing for it? __________________ Keep your rod close, your gaff closer, and your paddle on a leash.