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05/12/2010
Drifting
Halibut
Squid
White
Bait Only
All Day
05/12/2010
3
1453

Took a charter on May 9 for halibut. The boat limited out, but had to work at it, and the halibut were pretty small: 15-25 pound range; mine went about 20. There was a good amount of dogfish in the area, and at 500 feet down they are not fun to haul-up. One person did lang a BIG ling, 20 pound-class. We jigged lures and sea bass flies for lings and rockcod on the way back in and did poorly. I think the boat (9 people) brought in two lings and seven rockfish. Overall it was kind of a poor trip, but everybody did get their 'but, albeit small!


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AKA
5/17/2010 9:06:00 PM
what charter boat did you go out on? and yeah those 500 ft pulls with a huge weight is quite the pain lol.
Fish-or-man?
5/17/2010 9:16:00 PM
It was the Zoea. I should of added though that the captain and crew were GREAT. The trip was poor due to the bite, not the charter. They worked extremely hard to get us our chicken halibuts and they had no obligation to stop for lings/rockfish on the way in. It was just a rough day on the water is all. If I have $200 burning a hole in my pocket next year I'm sure I'll do it again . :)
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