Halibut on Baitrunner reel

[Mumin]

Hello,

I have a dream ... to catch a Halibut from shore.
My plan is to buy a Shimano Baitrunner XT-A Medium LC to my Wychwood 12fot/3lb rod.
have thought of using an Pulley rig with bait and 40-55lb braided line+20foot/ 40lb chock leader .
What do You guys think of this?
Thankfull for all help and thoughts with this project

[Bill B]

As long as you are not chasing the big Alaskan halibut should be ok.  My dad used a Mitchell 302 with 25 lb mono on the California Coast.  Bill

[Mumin]

I`m going to fish i Norway where the Butts are from small to what one of my friend got last year 80kg (175lb) and 180cm long. 
But they are mostly 10-30lb.

[akfish]

I saw a guy catch a 100# butt from the shore on a Penn 7500SS while fishing for king salmon. It took  while but he did it.

[philaroman]

smaller buts on Carp tackle sounds like fun, but you may want to go a bit  higher than 3.0 TC for the rod & 60-80# for the braid