Fishing Forum

I fished out of Lincoln Beach on Monday 9/7 with two guys who have done research in my lab at BYU. We had a good trip. If you read about it in my reply to BLK, don’t read the rest of this. We fished from 6:30 to 11:30 AM and boated 11 Channels. 6 of the fish were 24” or more and included 4 over 25". One at 25.5, 27, 28, and 29 inches. Water temp was 62 when we started and 65 when we left. It was quite cool at dusk and the 62 degree water made me think I should be chasing eye’s, Na[]

All of our fish came on WB or WB/shrimp combo, because I’m out of Carp. The water was calm and I could have shot quite few on the surface, but I didn’t bring a bow. All 4 of the larger fish would have bumped my UCC score, but the 27 and the 29 were caught by John, the first timer on the boat. Just so you know, when he boated the 29, my eyes got all misty and I had to tell him "I'm just happy that you got such a great fish on your first trip." I was being mostly honest about that I guess I will get a bump with the 25.5, an inch is better than nothing.

To add insult to injury, I got good pics on the 25.5 and the 28 that I caught, but in the excitement I didn't get the logo in the picture with the 28 At least they are all still out there swimming around for next time. We released all the fish over 24”. John and Nathan kept some smaller ones to eat.
The quality of the fish this year continues to amaze me. In past summers fish at 25.5, 27, 28, and 29 would have been a good year and they all came in one trip!

BTW, I hadn’t been out for over 2 weeks and I’m glad to see only a slight reduction in the water level. I did a family trip to Oregon and did manage one morning of Halibut fishing while I was there.

Here are some pics:
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Sounds like a great trip. It always seems like the beginners out fish the veterans. Must be your teaching.
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Sounds like you had a great couple trips. Now if we could only train you to hold the camera vertically.[]
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Thanks for the reply. I didn't know the pictures weren't rotated properly. This might help someone else as well, so I'll ask the question in public.

I take the pictures on a an iPhone. email them to my computer, then open them in Paint and edit them for both size and rotation. Then I upload them to the post. Somewhere between editing in Paint and being displayed post they are getting rotated again.

Anyone have inputs that might "straighten me out?"

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[#0000FF]Smartphones think humans are dumb...and don't really know how we want the pictures displayed. So they do it their way.

It definitely is a phone issue. Doesn't happen with cameras.
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It appears that they not only think I'm dumb, they know how to make me appear dumb[]
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I just use the editor on the phone if needed to rotate and then enter them directly to BFT posts, but as you'll notice I don't do the fancy in line pictures like I used to do when I used my computer... When it used to be easy to insert pictures into a post.... Later J
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What time of year did you catch the Halibut and who did you go out with?
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The season for most of the Oregon Coast opens May 1. The seasons/dates are rather complex. The vast majority of the fish (and quota) are caught in "all Depth" seasons.
My last fish was caught in a "nearshore" season in mid August. The fish in my logo was caught on my own boat. The most recent one was caught fishing with Bill Mills who is affiliated with Dockside Charters in Depoe Bay Oregon. I would recommend him.

I prefer to go in August because the halibut are often closer to shore and the winds are usually a little lighter than in June or July.

I'll attach a PDF of the picture version of Oregon's Halibut seasons.

The technique is actually quite similar to cats at UT Lake, only it involves a 2 lb lead and 200' of water[]

Thanks for the question,

JRF
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I have never been after the Halibut. Do you need to go out a long way after them?
We went out after the Albacore, and it is a long ride.
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In Oregon, most of the fish are caught at "high spots" that are a ways off shore. Often 15 to 25 miles offshore. However, the last one I caught was less than 2 miles off the beach. So you don't have to go out a long ways, but the fishing is better offshore.

How did you do and the albacore trip?
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Everyone caught 2 or 3 like this, (see pic,) and then we lost them. They travel fast. We went out with Garibaldi Charters out of Garibadi harbor, and we had to go out a long way in rough seas. A couple of guys on the boat got sick.
We even caught a bunch of silvers fishing for the Albacore, but we had to release them.
We normally go out with John Krauthoefer after the Chinook and the Siggi G for bottom fish and crabs.
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I'm glad you got the ones you did. Going out a long ways in rough seas is a lot worse when you don't find anything. My step-dad got on a deep water halibut trip once and they were going 22 miles out of Newport. They pounded out about 15 miles and the captain turned the boat around. Not Fun!

I have never fished out of Garibaldi. I lived in Tillamook for a couple of summers when I was a kid, so I know where it is, but I've never gone out of that harbor.

Thanks for sharing the picture and the info.
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