Interesting , The Halibut skin !! Grady boat , that's awesome , A guide out of Washington taught me a few tricks , he is one of Neah Bay's top guides . I met him at the Seattle Boat show, few years ago . He Never uses bait. He consistently has the best results , and seems to always hook into the largest fish recorded at the docks . He showed me his rig up , He always uses 8 inch " WHITE " Swimmertails , 2 hooks , front ones arround a 7/0 single , back also a 7/0 Treble . He never uses spreader bars , to much of a hassle breaking the rods down for transport he says. He uses a heavy duty Tuna cord between his main line and a swivel, there is a appx. 3 - 5 foot leader off the swivel to his 2 hooks. the 1 - 2 pound weight slides up and down the tuna cord , allowing the bait to swim up and down with only slight movements of the rod , to create a flutter affect, without having to lift the weight off the ocean floor, often the boat movement from the waves is enough !! ) He threads the swimmertail with the single hook through the top , hooks are about 4 - 5 inches appart, buries one hook of the treble, more to wards the back. He tops it off with a piece of "WHITE " Berkley " Power bait, Saltwater edition , ( It comes in small sheets in the package ) he cuts them into Sleek ,2-3 inch long triangles , this also flutters in the current , Hali's love swimming fluttering etc..He replaces the Swimmertail immediately if the hali tears or damages the heart shape tail , In his experiments , he insists , DOGFISH , are not attracted to this scent , they hate it , but the Hali's LOVE it " I could see the WHITE , side , Halibut Skin working great as well !! Cheers , the Fog Ducker..... [?][?][?]
The Fog Ducker
Here is a 80lber I caught in a great hole neer Whittlestone
