Viva Las Craigas, Part Deux

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Viva Las Craigas, Part Deux

Postby Robbo » Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:08 pm

Our guests could keep halibut below 45 inches and over 68 inches this summer and lings between 30 and 45 inches with a bonus ling over 55 inches. As I suspected measuring a halibut close to 68 inches proved to be quite entertaining. I finally resorted to lasso'ing them by the tail. "Guys...get your video camera's ready" was a line spoken quite often in July and August.

I never did get one to measure over 68 inches and to be honest I could care less. We released some awfully nice fish and hopefully they will spawn and make even more halibut.

The expanded ling slot meant we could bring in some really, really nice ling cod this summer.

Here's one that measured exactly 44 3/4" caught on Capt. Slim's boat. The bulge in it's belly is a big quillback rockfish spy
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Here's Bailey Hall with a halibut just under 45 inches
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Dr. Barry Brown with another nice chicken halibut. In early June the halibut fishing was tough, tough, tough. The halibut poured into our waters in really good numbers in late June, however, making for some wide open action all summer long thumbup
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Al Haeg with a fat cabezon he caught while mooching for kings...albeit a little too close to the rocks
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A 100 pounder just after Dan Martin said "Dammit...I have to let it go" and just before being released. I usually got very wet releasing these beautiful halibut outahere
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The classic dock meat shot with the doctors the third week of June
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Scott Farkus look-a-like with a couple of big lingers hanging at the dock
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Scott Hall brought up his three daughters and they once again proved that women catch more fish thumbup
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A view from my office. One of the Hall girls getting the work done on the halibut grounds thumbup
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Jim "Bucket" Heins with an early June yelloweye
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Lingcod puke...an octopus and a quillback
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Sorry Tim...I couldn't help ma'sef :D
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Capt. Rob...the consummate professional. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuumble :D :D :D
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Here Pat...you hold it :!: :!: :!: Pat King with his ling that ate a swim bait in shallow water
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Phil Stephens of Mystical Legends Guide Service with a nice chicken but. It was a treat for me to get to fish with this guy. Thanks for coming up this summer Phil thumbup
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A huge sole that hit a 16 ounce scampi tail jig in 310 feet of water. Good frickin eats right there thumbup
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Stam's legendary halibut that he fought for two hours in early June. One of our guests talked to a longliner at Ruth Ann's that cut loose a halibut he estimated at 500 to 600 pounds in this very same spot in May. Could it be...we'll never know :D
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T-Dub with Elliot Green and Don DeMers in late June. Ty's pops is not in the photo. Hammer Time :!:
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Terry Matney and Pat King with shallow water lings
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To Be Continued...mooooooohahahaha :lol:
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Re: Viva Las Craigas, Part Deux

Postby Nick Berto » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:47 am

Awesome Lings and 'butts! Trip up there definitely on the bucket list!!! drool
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Re: Viva Las Craigas, Part Deux

Postby king me » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:25 pm

U Da Man Robbo. If u ever need a bait boy just let me know thumbup
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Re: Viva Las Craigas, Part Deux

Postby Robbo » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:28 pm

Thanks King me...fishing is fun man. I'm very fortunate to have this J.O.B.!
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Re: Viva Las Craigas, Part Deux

Postby king me » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:40 pm

No joke u r fortunate. Me and my boy will try to book something with u next season
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