quote:Originally posted by beemer
now we know Cravens "secret" hali spot![8D]
quote:Originally posted by chris73
LC, I think you forgot how it is to fish out of a 17' or smaller boat... you sit in your 26' tank and can talk easily that a hali may not be able to destroy your fortress. I have had ungood feelings seeing 60# halis flying around the small deck of a 17' boat and it is not very unlikely that they can thrash important parts of a small boat or trip or hurt a passenger. I would not under estimate those bundles of pure muscle. Craven has posted a very easy and simple rig to hog tie them outside the boat. We do that all the time after the hali is pooned. Recently I hog tied a hali outside my boat with just a simple rope - had no gaff nor poon as we picked it up trolling for salmon. Deewar got a bit wet in the process but it worked ok.
quote:Originally posted by chris73
LC, I think you forgot how it is to fish out of a 17' or smaller boat... you sit in your 26' tank and can talk easily that a hali may not be able to destroy your fortress. I have had ungood feelings seeing 60# halis flying around the small deck of a 17' boat and it is not very unlikely that they can thrash important parts of a small boat or trip or hurt a passenger. I would not under estimate those bundles of pure muscle. Craven has posted a very easy and simple rig to hog tie them outside the boat. We do that all the time after the hali is pooned. Recently I hog tied a hali outside my boat with just a simple rope - had no gaff nor poon as we picked it up trolling for salmon. Deewar got a bit wet in the process but it worked ok.
quote:Originally posted by Dave S
quote:Originally posted by LastChance
I had a 90 pounder that I was sitting on, my knife was no where to be found, my bonker was out of reach, so I punched it twice above the eyes as hard as I could. It didn't do much after that. And I've dealt with plenty of other big ones by bonking, stomping, kicking and don't forget to cut across the tail and break the back bone there, it will bleed out niceley and seems to stun MOST of them.
The days of halibut "sinking" boats are from when you have a wood boat made out of planks and nails that a little girl could kick apart.
Anyone wanna watch how to kill big hali's should watch myself, Wolf and Banannas this coming spring![]()
I was pretty confident this fish was not gonna sink the boat, especially after the bonks to the head and a dozen or so stabs to the gill plate.
I would love to see you punch, kick, stomp, beat, elbow and whatever you feel like doing to take down your next hali. I recon you post a video on youtube and the hits will keep rolling in. All in the name of education right!![]()
quote:Originally posted by LastChance
quote:Originally posted by Dave S
quote:Originally posted by LastChance
I had a 90 pounder that I was sitting on, my knife was no where to be found, my bonker was out of reach, so I punched it twice above the eyes as hard as I could. It didn't do much after that. And I've dealt with plenty of other big ones by bonking, stomping, kicking and don't forget to cut across the tail and break the back bone there, it will bleed out niceley and seems to stun MOST of them.
The days of halibut "sinking" boats are from when you have a wood boat made out of planks and nails that a little girl could kick apart.
Anyone wanna watch how to kill big hali's should watch myself, Wolf and Banannas this coming spring![]()
I was pretty confident this fish was not gonna sink the boat, especially after the bonks to the head and a dozen or so stabs to the gill plate.
I would love to see you punch, kick, stomp, beat, elbow and whatever you feel like doing to take down your next hali. I recon you post a video on youtube and the hits will keep rolling in. All in the name of education right!![]()
I have a 1080i cam I've meant to install on my deck, maybe it will be up. I was using punching it as an example, most halis get bonked, tail slashed, and into the hold on a typical day. When when you have a couple of them doing the "pancacke" on your deck, the heel of your boot applied in the right spot works wonders, then you unhook your leaders, kick 'em in the hold, and get the gear back down as fast as possible because when they move through, the bite is on. It's just the way I roll.
I just mentioned it as an example to show they are not the mythical "Kraken" that will down unwary sailors, they, at the end of the day are just a fish out of water.
Anyway, just my $0.02, at the end of the day, just make sure the boat comes home OK with everyone who set out in it.
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quote:Originally posted by otter
Hope this goes through re Topic. What could you have done differently? I dont know, thats why Im asking Tx
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quote:Originally posted by r.s craven
Got into some Halibut today !
My partner hooked into a monster that took about 20 mins to get
to the boat, we estimated it to be over 5' long.
Shaking a little bit, i take aim and shove the harpoon right into
the backbone behind the head, Bad shottried to shove it through , no luck.
Fuggin' fish goes ballistic heading to the bottom breaking the bead
chain. Boy did i feel like a $hit.
Partner drops his gear back down and 10 min's later , wham another big one on. This one was 55" , somewhere around 82 lbs.
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