how do i catch pacific halibut?

Question

how far should i put the weight, how big of a weight and with hook and bait?

the halibut i mean is around 25 in lenght and are about a small size and point loma pier in sandiego CA

Answer 1

The amount of weight depends on the current and on your state regs. WA and BC limits are 1 and 2 pounds, but I forget which is which. AK has no limit, check for CA. You want to have 1/2, 1 and 2 pound weights with you and use as little as will keep the bait on the bottom. More current needs more weight. But, man! I hate hauling up 2 pounds of weight!

The terminal gear used up here is a cut herring on a halibut or "circle hook" (the barb is curved back towards the shaft a lot - it curves more than 270 degrees from the shaft, a 180 degrees around the bottom, and then more than 90 degrees more back towards the "U" of the hook).

That hook and leader is on a 2 foot runner of parachute cord through weight's eyelet. So as the weight sits on the bottom, there is 2 feet of play if something takes the bait. It lets you feel the bite with lifting the weight off the bottom. Steel leader because they'll bite through even heavy mono.

Up here, people gaff and swing aboard anything from 15 to 70 or so pounds. Then smack with a club.

Around 80 pounds and up, it gets a shot to the head (halibut brains are a small target though), with a .32 or .38 or .410 shotgun.

Hope you catch "but"s and not dogfish.

Answer 2

same as atlantic halibut a rod,reel,hook,sinker and bait

Answer 3

with a gun those fish are huge