SF Live bait Halibut trip 5-8-23

[Swami805]

Probably drifting. I use these slider things in front of a swivel with the leader on the other end of the swivel. Allows the fish to swim with the bait without feeling the sinker too much. Makes changing shirkers easy too

[CooldadE]

Got back about an hour ago from our day on the bay. We arrived early and boarded the Cal Dawn II (recently re-powered) smooth and fast. Light load of only 13 anglers. Found Mikeysn and chatted while motored over to get fuel and bait. After that we jetted over to the South Bay (near the SF Airport) we fished very shallow, probably around 10ft deep. Bait was small to medium and sort of lively. Most were hooking up, some more than others. There were more keepers than dinks... a couple close to 20#. Cap and deckhand kept count and told us to reel um up when we were close to a (boat limit) of halibut, and I caught about a 4# very spunky striper. The Cap and deckhand, were able to take care of the anglers and catch fish also.
Then we jetted to an area and found working birds and set up for quite a few drifts to round out our day with limits  of stripers for all... oh yea it was shallower there at about 5 or 6ft I'd say.
Great weather with very low winds and minimal light rain. All and all a great trip !

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Sorry no pics on my end..

[Bill B]

I'm glad you guys had a great trip.  Bill

[Hardy Boy]

Cool that you nailed them .................... good work.


Todd

[CooldadE]

I lost a nice one at the net, prob 10#, hook popped out. One of my old fart buddies was having problems all day with hooks coming off (bad knots) and also problems with the 30# braid the had on his reel. All user error imo...
I love the guy but I would wager the only thing harder than his head would be Boron Nitride... the man does not take coaching or constructive criticism well. Life is to short not to accept the fact that we all can learn from others...

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[CooldadE]

Some pics from trip...




Happy anglers...

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[Swami805]

Nice rack-o-fish!!!

[CooldadE]

This morning I trimmed and vacuumed sealed all of the fish. I've got family from Texas arriving tomorrow. I'll prepare a Surf and Turf dinner in a couple of days... I'll pull out some BFT also as my son-in-law is the only one other than me that eats  sashimi . Might even pull out some YT and BFT collars to grill... Life is fishy and I like it !

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[mikeysm]

The Halibut is a premium tasting fish. I'm glad I went it was fun. Lots of room on the boat for fishing.

[pointbob]

so are you allowed to keep all the fish you catch? and how much doe sit cost per person? thx

[CooldadE]

Yes you keep your catch up to your limit of 3 halibut and 2 stripers. Cost is $200 for the day...

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[Hardy Boy]

Don't calculate what it costs to catch fish ............................ you don't want to know !! My wife likes the California halibut better than the Pacific halibut for eating.


Cheers:


Todd

[David Hall]

Owning a boat is the most expensive way to get free fish.
Well done. 

[JasonGotaProblem]

That's $40 per fish. At that size that's a great deal. You cant beat that at walmart.

[CooldadE]

It's hard to put a price on a great day on the Bay with friends and the fish biting ...

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