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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: DaN ThE MaN on August 07, 2006, 05:45:41 PM

Title: Tofino Hali
Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 07, 2006, 05:45:41 PM

This is a very bizarre story.. 8)  8)
 I was fishing for rock cod in about 70 feet of water with a 6 inch  zinger with a size 1 treble, a mooching rod and Calcutta 400 with 80 pound braided line. All of a sudden i hook into something, first i thought it was the bottom so i start to yank it trying to free the zinger  :-\ when all of a sudden my rod starts bending from the cork :o, and i could feel the head shakes of something big at the end of my line. It wasn't moving much so i slowly started the lift and drop technique. When it reached the boat for the 1st time we saw it was pretty big it looked maybe 20-30 lbs. When we tired to gaff for the 1st time it shook the gaff and got free, so back to the bottom it went. The second time my dads friend wanted to use the fishing net :D :D and try to bring it up, lol  i assured him that it would never fit. The 3rd time we had a good gaff set but it was on the gill plate, it ripped the gill plate and the Hali B-line on the surface, almost spooling me but we slammed the boat in reverse and chased the BEAST. The 4th time we had it near the boat we gaffed it mouth but it bent the gaff :o... It was probaby 40-45 min into the battle and I'm really tired. After each attempt it would go straight to the bottom. The 5th time we got a halibut reel and rod and put a big hook on the line and when it was on the surface we set another hook into the Hali. It had no chance, and was brought on the boat  beaten, and hog tied.

Okay so i guess you want to know how big it actually was.... ;) ;)

1 hr later and several attempts...

(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i195/daniel_c_88/Picture015.jpg)

(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i195/daniel_c_88/Picture016.jpg)

(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i195/daniel_c_88/DSC00008.jpg)


Just shy of 80 lbs. It was and awesome battle, but this time the man beat the beast. ;D ;D ;D

( i have pic of the rod bending but are on a friends cam)

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: Big Steel on August 07, 2006, 05:48:28 PM

Awesome story Dan.  Thanks.  Great pic as well!! ;) :)

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: scruffy on August 07, 2006, 05:50:51 PM

nice pic who needs soxs when you have somthing that size  ;D

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 07, 2006, 05:55:31 PM

FF, i was there for a week last sunday to saturday.
Scruffy, now if i could only catch a sox ;D ;D skunked today

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: stinkytroutboy on August 07, 2006, 10:08:08 PM

nice hali, i had a store kinda like that i was fishing in the sunshine coast for rock cod, and i hooked into one then 2 meters from the surface a 32 pond ling pounced on it good fish

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: kellya on August 07, 2006, 10:10:01 PM

sweet fish!so ya got him inshore?

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on August 07, 2006, 10:13:13 PM

wow, nice catch, You must be exhausted

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: funfisher on August 07, 2006, 10:43:12 PM

Wanna trade some hali for some fresh sockeye? ::) ;D

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: marmot on August 08, 2006, 10:12:24 AM

now THATS a good fishing story!!

nice work dude :D

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 08, 2006, 06:05:57 PM

haha thanks guys,

kellya it was caught about 1 mile offshore.

Dan

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 10, 2006, 05:53:46 PM

More pics added! ;D

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: legend on August 10, 2006, 09:17:59 PM

Great fish were you in the Legend out there ? . How is the boat treating you .

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 10, 2006, 10:34:02 PM

Yes, we were in the Legend. Love the boat :-*, except for all that carpet. Took a while to scrub it all when we got home.

Title: Re: Tofino Hali
Post by: Ery on August 14, 2006, 03:39:52 PM

thats anice fish