First Halibut Today-HB Harbor
 

Got my first Halibut today fishing HB Harbor. Only problem was that it was 21 inches and I had to throw it back. Caught a couple of small spotted bass and just before I called it a day, I caught a Legal Spotted Bass. I hooked it so deep in it's throat I had to keep it. Does anyone eat these? The spotted bass actually put up a better fight than the Halibut, Go figure.

Nice... I haven't had any luck the last couple times I been there


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Good job. That can be a tough place.

halibut fishing here in the harbor should be getting really good right now all over but especially from the PCH bridge to Peters Landing

It's on my yearly plan to try and figure out HH... LOL

Planning to head there on Saturday with my pops. We haven't targeted Halibut out of the Yaks yet, so any tips on what rig/bait to use to get started? Going to do a little shopping today for some Tackle.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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I'm not of much help with catching fish from the salt at all and its even less so in HH.

The only Halibut I've ever caught was on a jerkbait, so yeah....#clueless LOL

Lol. Hey that's better than nothing! Lol. Thanks for the tip!


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Small sabikis and cheap hamburger buns to chum and catch smelt above the eel grass in 6-8 feet then pin em on a Carolina rig.. I have caught a bunch trolling Crystal Minnow deep divers in green. 3-4 inch smelt like plastics on 1/4-1/2 oz lead head.

Thank you sir! Looking forward to getting the lines wet in Saturday!


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I was using 3" gulp Alive Shrimp in the New Penny color with a 1/4 ounce lead head, very slow retrieve dragging it on the bottom.

Also try drop shotting Zoom Flukes (that's the 4") in smokey shad.

3-4". Low. Slow.

Sounds about right to me. I can almost always contribute my lack of catching anything to me fishing too fast...

I have the same problem. Too fast. On the super slow days, Steve usually does better than me. He is good at going slowwww. Me, I'll do ok for a while and then forget and speed up. Then remember and slow down again, then forget again. Over and over.

Last halibut I got in HH was a real dink, but I got it on a ghost shrimp imitation that I was allowing to drag as I slowly drifted and was casting a swimbait. I think it was a "yabby crabby"

+1 on drop shotting Zoom Flukes. Have also had luck with the White Ice color. Another plastic I've had luck with is the Berkley Gulp Saltwater mullets in chartreuse.

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I like to park near Seabridge park, along Countess. If you get there early enough you can back into a spot and be a few steps from the water. Depends on where you are going to target.

75% of the Hali I've seen are 21.5" :/