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Halibut Fishing Florida Style

During the summer of 2006 in Larsen Bayfish using this style, in the 20-40 pound
Alaska, the staff at Kodiak Island Resortrange, with our biggest topping out at 87
decided to experiment with different tacticspounds.
for catching halibut. The traditional method
using terminal tackle with 16/0 circle hooks,The one down side from light tackle halibut
2-pound sinkers and 130-pound Dacron linefishing is your inability to control the
that have always produced fish. The down sidenumerous "barn door halibut" that like this
to this style of fishing is it is tiresomestyle of fishing as well. On more than one
holding heavy rods and reels. Fishing with aoccasion big halibut chomped down on our
fully rigged halibut outfit requires a lot ofofferings and refused to return our gear. In
strength and energy we decided to try andfact they would take the hook, sinker and
change  all  of  that.line (completely dump the reel) without even
saying  thanks.
After various experiments we tried a Florida
style grouper rig for halibut and wereIf you don't mind missing a few big ones but
surprised with the results. Fishing thirtywant to increase you catch while expending a
pound monofilament, seven foot Star rod, alot less energy try Florida style grouper
three ounce egg sinker and 7/0 Mustad J-hooktactics  to  catch  Alaska  Halibut.
consistently outfished the traditional
halibut rig. The results were so overwhelmingThe halibut fishing around Kodiak Island is
that often times the light tackle wouldso good you can split your time fishing
produce bites and catches of 4 and 5 timesterminal gear for the barn doors then
the  rate  of  the  traditional  tackle.switching over to catch the 20-40 pound
chickens for the dinner table. Kodiak Island
We found using an octopus tentacle, aboutResort will provide you with both
eight inches long, for bait, proved deadly toopportunities to catch halibut.
the unsuspecting halibut. We caught countless



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