5/19 DP Halibuts - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Iceman · 05-21-2017, 11:39 AM

Did a super leisure launch on Friday AM with my wife after gorging on Denny's pancakes. Sunny and around 10kts all day. We baited up at the barge and fished the beach, no GWS seen. Lots of surfers did not seem to mind the recent sightings as well. Wanda got the first fish to the boat, questionably legal, so not a victim of the gaff. The fish spit the hook and was just floating there and Wanda swung the mauled bait in front of it. The halibut flared it's gills and sucked the whole dine in, so cool to see. This gave me some confidence that they were gonna be aggressive and they were. Wanda was the hot stick getting 2 keepers, 26 and 28 inchers. She was so stoked

We were both fishing 15# short 18" leaders Carolina rigged 3/4oz egg sinkers and #1 hooks nice perfect 6 inch sardines. We fished 10am-2pm and would have kept fishing except 2 was enough and wanted to get em on ice. Dumped 1/2 of our bait. Left em biting as we were both bit and spit winding in our last baits. Several shorts and a few heavier ones that popped off. Just as we were leaving a sea turtle popped up in front of us, never seen one in Dana before...good luck sign

Tasty dinner Friday night, panko with a capers and lemon butter sauce and grilled halibut tacos tonight.

King Saba · 05-21-2017, 11:45 AM

Good deal right there. Halibut sounds tasty right about now. Mmmm...

FISH11 · 05-21-2017, 12:13 PM

Congrats on the tasty catch, Andy. Sounds like your wife out fished you. Is that part of your strategy, to keeping her happy?

Orca Winfrey · 05-21-2017, 01:37 PM

Nice job both of you! That should be tasty.

FullFlavorPike · 05-21-2017, 02:56 PM

Nice work

iethinker · 05-21-2017, 07:37 PM

Thanks for the report.

alanw · 05-21-2017, 08:08 PM

Very nice Andy. I was out there myself today (Sunday) afternoon, enjoying the live music from the Blues Festival. Lots of short strikes, landed only one short 18" Halibut on plastics... I'm too cheap to buy bait now. I got a nice 3' Leopard on my only Mac. I wish in I got some of that dinner you got there, but can't complain too much about a beautiful day on the water.

jbl_91762 · 05-21-2017, 08:35 PM

Congrats! I've not had much luck out there in DP but hope this is a good sign for things to come this summer.

Druko · 05-22-2017, 12:41 PM

Breaded halibut is one of my favorite ways to eat it. Nice outing with the wife!

blitzburgh · 05-22-2017, 01:15 PM

Awesome Iceman!

Geno Machino · 05-22-2017, 09:08 PM

It's always nice to have Lady Luck with you.

Thanks for sharing Andy!!!

Geno

TJones · 05-23-2017, 07:27 AM

What is that best way to nail one with gaff? Belly? Larger models are a handful when they go bananas . Just looking for a refresher corse. Congrats on take.

LJ H2Oman · 05-23-2017, 08:08 AM

Gaff em in the belly and try to keep them down in the water while you slip your game clip on. Then bleed it before you haul it aboard. Easier said then done, and risky if there are dogs around.

Iceman · 05-23-2017, 09:18 AM

aim for the shoulder, generally stuns em. Funny the second one I swung a little high and got her in the chin.........I got soaked.

summers in kuwait · 05-23-2017, 06:38 PM

Awesome post Andy.
It's really cool to see that you and the Mrs. can share quality time on he water. I picked up a second kayak at OEX Mission Bay with the hopes of getting my wife out there!

Ro12 · 05-24-2017, 03:24 PM

Very nice
Haven't tried goin for halibut on yak yet
Usually fish Dana point too
Gonna maybe switch it up next time
Thanks for the report

Aaron&Julie · 05-24-2017, 06:54 PM

Nice report, thanks for that, Andy. Congrats to you and your wife on a nice haul. We need to go get us some, it's been awhile off of the water, and even longer away for those DP 'buts. Hungry now...

Iceman · 05-26-2017, 03:59 PM

My wife is out of town so I had to go find my own today.

FISH11 · 05-26-2017, 04:05 PM

Another nice Butt. Congrats Andy.

hbmoose25 · 05-26-2017, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceman

My wife is out of town so I had to go find my own today.

Was this in DP?

Headin out to Dana Point with my dad tomorrow and hoping to hook into one of those!

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05-21-2017, 11:45 AM	#2
King Saba Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SGV Posts: 848	Good deal right there. Halibut sounds tasty right about now. Mmmm... __________________ Baitfish catcher extraordinaire

05-21-2017, 12:13 PM	#3
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Congrats on the tasty catch, Andy. Sounds like your wife out fished you. Is that part of your strategy, to keeping her happy? __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

05-21-2017, 07:37 PM	#6
iethinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Inland Empire Posts: 370	Tasty x2 Thanks for the report.

05-21-2017, 08:08 PM	#7
alanw Made in U.S.A. Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dana Point Posts: 1,625	Very nice Andy. I was out there myself today (Sunday) afternoon, enjoying the live music from the Blues Festival. Lots of short strikes, landed only one short 18" Halibut on plastics... I'm too cheap to buy bait now. I got a nice 3' Leopard on my only Mac. I wish in I got some of that dinner you got there, but can't complain too much about a beautiful day on the water. __________________ Hobie PA 14 ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Jackson Kraken ¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Malibu X-Factor ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Malibu Stealth-12 ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Its not a spelling B its a fishing B ~yakjoe

05-22-2017, 01:15 PM	#10
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Awesome Iceman! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

05-21-2017, 11:39 AM	#1
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	5/19 DP Halibuts Did a super leisure launch on Friday AM with my wife after gorging on Denny's pancakes. Sunny and around 10kts all day. We baited up at the barge and fished the beach, no GWS seen. Lots of surfers did not seem to mind the recent sightings as well. Wanda got the first fish to the boat, questionably legal, so not a victim of the gaff. The fish spit the hook and was just floating there and Wanda swung the mauled bait in front of it. The halibut flared it's gills and sucked the whole dine in, so cool to see. This gave me some confidence that they were gonna be aggressive and they were. Wanda was the hot stick getting 2 keepers, 26 and 28 inchers. She was so stoked We were both fishing 15# short 18" leaders Carolina rigged 3/4oz egg sinkers and #1 hooks nice perfect 6 inch sardines. We fished 10am-2pm and would have kept fishing except 2 was enough and wanted to get em on ice. Dumped 1/2 of our bait. Left em biting as we were both bit and spit winding in our last baits. Several shorts and a few heavier ones that popped off. Just as we were leaving a sea turtle popped up in front of us, never seen one in Dana before...good luck sign Tasty dinner Friday night, panko with a capers and lemon butter sauce and grilled halibut tacos tonight. __________________ Last edited by Iceman; 05-21-2017 at 11:48 AM.

05-21-2017, 01:37 PM	#4
Orca Winfrey Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: The I. E. Posts: 353	Nice job both of you! That should be tasty.

05-21-2017, 02:56 PM	#5
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 809	Nice work

05-21-2017, 08:35 PM	#8
jbl_91762 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 347	Congrats! I've not had much luck out there in DP but hope this is a good sign for things to come this summer.

05-22-2017, 12:41 PM	#9
Druko Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 205	Breaded halibut is one of my favorite ways to eat it. Nice outing with the wife!

05-22-2017, 09:08 PM	#11
Geno Machino "Relax" Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: O'side Posts: 553	It's always nice to have Lady Luck with you. Thanks for sharing Andy!!! Geno __________________

05-23-2017, 07:27 AM	#12
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	Nice report What is that best way to nail one with gaff? Belly? Larger models are a handful when they go bananas . Just looking for a refresher corse. Congrats on take.

05-23-2017, 08:08 AM	#13
LJ H2Oman Hunter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Diego Posts: 44	Gaff em in the belly and try to keep them down in the water while you slip your game clip on. Then bleed it before you haul it aboard. Easier said then done, and risky if there are dogs around. __________________ Robert V <"))))>< Hobie Revo 13 . . . not as sporting . . . but a welcome upgrade from my 1966 longboard!

05-23-2017, 09:18 AM	#14
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	aim for the shoulder, generally stuns em. Funny the second one I swung a little high and got her in the chin.........I got soaked. __________________

05-23-2017, 06:38 PM	#15
summers in kuwait Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: East County San Diego Posts: 657	Awesome post Andy. It's really cool to see that you and the Mrs. can share quality time on he water. I picked up a second kayak at OEX Mission Bay with the hopes of getting my wife out there!

05-24-2017, 03:24 PM	#16
Ro12 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 137	Very nice Haven't tried goin for halibut on yak yet Usually fish Dana point too Gonna maybe switch it up next time Thanks for the report

05-24-2017, 06:54 PM	#17
Aaron&Julie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Spring Valley Posts: 1,400	Nice report, thanks for that, Andy. Congrats to you and your wife on a nice haul. We need to go get us some, it's been awhile off of the water, and even longer away for those DP 'buts. Hungry now... __________________ "Never say die"

05-26-2017, 03:59 PM	#18
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	My wife is out of town so I had to go find my own today. __________________

05-26-2017, 04:05 PM	#19
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Another nice Butt. Congrats Andy. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )