Who takes a bit of time out of your schedule to go fishing?
by Artie029 on Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:24 pm
I fish mostly these days for halibut in the back bays and estuaries all up and down the coast here in southern California. The totally best part is, that I use fresh water bass tactics ( swim baits, worms, grubs and crankbaits) and have unbelievable days where eighty bay bass in four hours is not uncommon. The spotted bay bass is one of the most ferocious fighting fish pound for pound in the world on 4 and six pound test it's compared to fighting godzilla with a shoe string. The bass and halibut are seemingly co existent in the same waters under dock, piers, moored boats, weed lines and drop offs. The thrill is always the numbers of fish you can catch, the benefit is a great free dinner and left overs on fresh never frozen halibut. I average about 22- 24 legal halibut a year almost one every other week. The bass you can't keep and eat they are all loaded with heavy metals and toxic run off, but the halibut get lost chasing bait into the bays and lay down a few days in the shade where they seem to like the current and the food supply. Cheers!