Made our first Halibut trip yesterday with great success. Tagged 4 and released one. Also picked up two lings.
We were out of Newport about 8 miles west of the Lighthouse in about 200' of water.
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troutmasta
You can retain ling and halibut at the same time now?
I remember having to release some fat lings while halibut fishing, such a bummer.
nice feesh
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mikeredding
Yes you can retain lings when the ALL depth season is closed.
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troutmasta
Nice! Congrats! The biggest Hali I ever saw was caught in 80 feet of water.
We went out of Newport again this last Saturday and it turned out well. We released 2 small ones in the morning and then after a long dry spell we tagged a couple smaller fish and a nice 45".