Recent content by Longjohnplatinum

Just wanted to make a general post on why I use such light line, especially at this pier it's quite shallow and the halibut tend to be fairly small, I also stick to small swimbaits as well 2 inch at the most, smaller the better, halibut love shiny worm thingys for some reason,Ive hooked on to...

Just realized I posted this on the wrong forum oops 😬

Caught a small halibut, then hooked on to a bigger halibut but it broke my line, I was using 4lb test

Got up at the crack of dawn to fish at the Redondo Pier, casting towards the shore towards the parking structure there is a part that sticks out towards that area has a table with the railing around it, I noticed a lone fishing pole and a lone cell phone sitting at the table, thinking it must be...

One too many times where I see someone gaffing undersized halibut and then releasing back, is this how it's done? does that heal back properly? Also see undersized fish being caught and then being kept out of the water for far too long before being thrown back, same thing with gut hooking

This reminds me a lot of what's been going on at the Redondo pier, every. single. day. The same group of guys catching what seems an unlimited amount of mackerel