My son was fishing backside Catalina in 100 feet of water. The yellows were acting up and they had landed 4 fish. He cast a flylined dine out in the prime area and got a weird pick-up and after a weird fight landed a 30 pound halibut. We all know that halibut prefer the bottom but this butt picked up that dine in about a depth of 10 feet, 90 feet from the bottom. I have seen halibut boiling on bait in the surf where the bottom depth is less than 10 feet but this incident is s first.
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That is a rare occurance but can happen. I have been out to the Cat a few times in the past couple of weeks. There seems to be alot of bait boils going on near the surface.
I would have loved to see the look on his face with that big ole Butt at that depth.[cool] I pulled in an 8lb Sandy a couple weeks ago with almost the same tacktic at a similar depth.
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Hi gvanzant,
Wow .... what a co-incidence! Yesterday on the 'shoe' this guy fishing along the port side caught a sheepshead that was hooked about 10 feet down. We were in about 130 foot of water!
Next thing bat rays are gonna start flyin' and buzz the boat!
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Hey JR! When the batrays start flying, then we will probably be able to catch 50lb lings from the Santa Monica Pier.[pirate]ha ha
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