This morning I went fishing in the bay for the first time. I was targeting California Halibut off Oyster Point in the San Francisco Bay. I choose Oyster Point because I had heard that it had excellent Halibut and it is the home of Oyster Point Bait and Tackle, which has the only live bait on the San Francisco peninsula. Unfortunately, on this particular Sunday they were out of shiners (apparently wrong time of year so they are harder to catch).
Oyster Point Boat Launch ($10 to launch boat):
View of Oyster Point from the water:
So instead of live bait, I used frozen anchovies. I used a standard 1/0 halibut rig that can be bought at any sporting goods store. It is a snelled hook that can slide on the line with a treble hook at the terminal end. There is a 3way swivel for the hooks, weight, and to tie to the line. I used 1/2 oz weight (I tried 1 oz as well but that was a little too heavy). I was using 20lb test Berkley Big Game Clear on a large spinning reel.
While I didn't catch any halibut I did catch 2 soupfin sharks and a bat ray.
The one that got away... The line started zinging off the reel. Zip Zip Zip... I grab the rod, something big was on the end... Not trusting that I had the drag set correctly, I tightened the drag. POP. The line snapped. Compared to anything else we hooked, this was BIG. Oh well, there will always be next time... Moral of the story, always test your drag before your line is wet.
Originally posted 2008-11-27 02:14:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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That sounds like a fun day! The pictures are interesting too!
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