2018 halibut videos 

Bill Zerkeley (In the lispy voice of the Honey Badger guy) “Halibut don’t care, ooh, look at that nasty bastard.”

We fish with both but that was a big circle hook, it was kind of surprising how they would spit it out. Currently rethinking the whole circle hook vs J hook thing

@@gordonlindstrom397 we drift fish here and I have great luck with big j hooks and lose more than I like to circles I feel.

@@samshotgun6530 I agree, the one good thing about the circle hooks is if you get in to a bunch of little ones they don't swallow the hook

@@gordonlindstrom397 yeah either have to use a huge bait with a giant j, or yeah if you're planning on releasing the circle is way easier on the fish!

@@gordonlindstrom397 here we get many 24' patrole sole and they are a delicious bonus, but you don't get many with the circle. They just seem to tear your Bait to pieces.

I used a gopro rigged to a hook spreader. Depending on light and visibility it was good to about 100 feet.

@@gordonlindstrom397 Can you please give more details of how you rigged it to the hook spreader. Would like to try this.

@@robertmacabuhay8474 I'd send a picture of it but it is on the boat 2000 miles away, but I'll describe it best as I can. I took a wooden dowel about 3 inches long and maybe 3/4 inch diameter then cut a 1/8" groove in it lengthwise for the spreader to seat into. I put the dowel on the short side of the spreader and held it in place with two small hose clamps and some JB weld to keep it from turning on the spreader. Then I attached the gopro to the dowel with a handlebar mount. I also used some halibut line to that I hooked from the gopro case to the swivel above the hook spreader just in case things went south. It takes a bit to get the correct angle on the gopro but they shoot so wide it isn't too big of a deal. Enjoy and have fun and I'm not responsible for people's gopros floating around the pacific. Cheers.

gordon lindstrom How many of YOUR gopros are floating around the pacific?

Clueless fisherman, fails to notice a 20lb fish on his line, who was operating that rig? The great grandson of Helen Keller?

percussion 44 it’s actully really hard to feel them bite because they will just swim with the line, you won’t even notice them. Also he is probably just trying to catch some good footage.

Thanks for the comment. We used to use circle hooks that are used for commercial fishing, The circle hook is supposed to self set when the fish swims off. After the video we mainly use J hooks now. The other advantage of the circle hook is they don't get swallowed and are easy to release when you get into a bunch of small halibut, they are also good for inattentive anglers.

us too!

We use p line Kodak jig with salmon or trout I caught a 75 pound halibut on that thing