Barrie I think there was years ago there's a bank named Halibut Bank must have got that name for some reason. One of the neighbors when I was a kid got a hali on the outside of Polier Pass. Between Decourcy Island and Yellow point there used to be a a small dragger that worked that piece of water from Round island to Thetis island and I used to tie my little aluminum up against his commercial boat and help him sort and in turn he would let me keep some of the bycatch. Never saw any hali's in the mix but tons of all types of sole, gray cod etc. Some of the sole/flounder were pretty big. Just think the areas were fished out over the years probably will come back some day again if allowed, every once in a while you do here of an accidental hali being caught.