140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

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140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby MOXIE » Mon May 07, 2012 8:48 pm

A buddy and I fished the rough waters of the staits for 2 days and on Saturday we decide to move in and find a place to sit down out of the wind for a half day of fishing on Saturday. Well 10 minutes into the morning Don Wood hooks this big one. After a 40 minute fight we unhooked from the anchor and went on the chase. Ended up with this 140 lb 65 in. halibut. Fished black label harring on the hook.
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby Nelly » Tue May 08, 2012 5:57 am

All I can say is WOW! :shock:
That's the biggest halibut I've heard of this year!

Great job and when's dinner!!!??? spy
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby Robbo » Tue May 08, 2012 7:16 am

Congrats on the big halibut guys thumbup

You mentioned that you cut loose from your anchor. What type of anchor setup were you guys using?
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby Chef Patrick » Tue May 08, 2012 7:40 am

Beautiful fish! Well done.
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby Pat Lamb » Tue May 08, 2012 7:43 am

I am so physched seeing this post,that seems to be the drill,black label dressed to choice.Looks like we'll be living on the boat for three days this weekend!!!!!!!! OH YA GREAT JOB NICE BIG BUTT!!! cheers
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby Brandon » Tue May 08, 2012 8:00 am

Ya! Nice One!
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby MOXIE » Tue May 08, 2012 5:51 pm

We were using the standard columbia river set up with 300 ft of line.
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Re: 140 lb. 65 inch Puget Sound Halibut

Postby Salmonhawk » Wed May 09, 2012 2:09 pm

Nice, Congrats!!
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