Halibut Hunt

[SIR]

Okay, in theory there are not supposed to be any Halibut in our area but three were caught this summer so I figured I'd go on a little hali hunt and fish in an area and with gear I wouldn't normally and see what happens.

Took a slab of Coho out of the freezer and cut it into foot long strips with little forked tails and rigged up some two hook stinger rigs on spreader bars with 1# wieghts. Headed out to a shoal in the center of the Georgia Strait and dropped down to a likely looking ledge at 400'. Two hours later after fishing every side of the shoal from 250' to 450' the score was 0 Halibut, 18 dog sharks and 8 huge snappers. Not a successful hali trip but an awesome couple of hours fishing. The wife and father-in-law are still complaining about how much there arms hurt from all the reeling

I have no idea how to keep those doggies off while prospecting for halis, but I'll give it another shot in the spring as worst case scenario I catch a bunch of fish Every now and again you just hafta try something completely differnet to what you normally do!!!

 

[paramedic]

Heard of a couple of Hali's caught in Campbell river this summer, I have been thinking of giving it a go off the lighthouse some time, I hooked a couple nice ones there in the 80's but haven't heard of much since. Good Hunting.

 

[scott craven]

There must be more Halibut than usual this year as
i've been picking them up almost every time out, wish i could say the same about salmon.
Keeping the trolling gear right on the bottom, they will hit spoons, hootchies or bait.

 

[Last Chance]

BEst way to keep doggies off is use 20/0 hooks, they are too big to fit in thier mouths (usually). And I like using Coho heads (Or feeder salmon heads when I have them), the doggies can't get 'em in thier mouth, but the continual gnawing releases a lot of scent, which is important for big butts.

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[likwit]

how deep have your been trolling r.s.? 150? 180? deeper?

 

[scott craven]

quote:Originally posted by likwit

how deep have your been trolling r.s.? 150? 180? deeper?

any where from 140'to 180', but the key is you have to be bouncing bottom periodically....
watch out for the outfall pipe [xx(]

 

[mr killer]

Sir
That's a great idea I've thought of doing that myself around here. I heard the hali like feeding on the salmon carcasses that wash back down river after spawning you might want to try some spots closer to river mouths but that sounds like fun way to think outside the box

 

[Kisinana]

SIR
You know where the black ball on the wreck is. Go northwest to 250 foot shelf about 1 mile away, where it comes up from the deep. Incoming tide is the best chance. Have 2 other spots we plan to hit in our neck of the woods soon and will let you know how we do. The humps off Favada only produced big snapper.

PS I know of 6 in our area this summer.

 

[fishwish]

I tried off of the Favada Humps as well. Just snappers.

It's never a bad thing when you at the very least come back with a couple snappers

FishWish

 

[likwit]

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any where from 140'to 180', but the key is you have to be bouncing bottom periodically....
watch out for the outfall pipe [xx(]

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yeah... i may have to move up to 12 pounders this year... painful on the ol' pocketbook though... yikes. [B)]