Webmaster Chad Woods scored the first legal Halibut of the the day. The fish was caught on a Sardine at Chineese Harbor Santa Cruz Island Channel Islands National Park.

Angler Sheepy D from Oxnard caught her first legal Halibut ever! Congratulations Sheepy D!

I am back with another legal Halibut! This fish weighed in at 16 pounds 8 ounces. I caught it on a LIVE SQUID at Chineese Harbor! So far this is the biggest Halibut I have ever caught.

Angler Keith Abramhson hooked up into another Halibut. It later came to the surface and was gaffed and weight 16 pounds. Nice fish Keith!

Angler Keith Abrahamson with a 16 pound Halibut caught Prisoners near Santa Cruz Island!

The Happy Halibut threesome! This was our final Halibut result for the day. 8 Anglers caught 4 legals (16,5, 16, 9, and 7 pounds). We also had one short Halibut that was caught by Keith Abrahamson.

To summarize the trip. We left at around 4 AM. Many people slept on our way to Chineese Harbor where one day earlier Captian Steve Kelly had put his anglers on a school of White Seabass that produced a 63 pound White Seabass. Our expectations were very high. When we arrived Steve parked us a squid ball. We caught a few sole and a Bat Ray. The Seabass didn?t show. We later made some great drifts that produced some fine Halibut. Once we got bored with that we closed the day with limits of Rockfish including some real nice Chuckleheads. Thanks to Steve Kelly and Woody for a great trip. As always were looking forward to more Island Tak trips in the future!

Here is a shot of Christopher with his first fish ever. The Halibut was taken in 60-feet of water off of Santa Monica beach. Only three legal fish were caught that day, and Christophers was the biggest! Helping to hold the catch is Christophers Dad, Tom Fields.

Later we moved to the beach to drift for Halibut. We had a lot of bites and racked baits! I was lucky enough to catch this just legal California Halibut. I made some fish tacos with my Halibut. It was delicious! We also caught two shorts that were released to grow up!

On Friday, August 9th we fished with Captain Billy aboard the Sur Randy. We departed around 6 AM. The weather was incredible we had no swell and a very slight breeze. It was unusually warm for Monterey Bay. We fished for Halibut and Salmon. Pictured here is Chrissy Chonacki from Randy Fishing Trips with a nice California Halibut caught on a live Sardine!

Catchy Tackle

Randy?s Fishing Trips

Angler Charlie Pryde from Monterey, CA hooked into a BIG Halibut. This baby tipped the scales at 29 pounds. And believe or not this Halibut didn?t win the Jackpot!

Angler Steve Hagan from Santa Clarita, CA caught this Jackpot winning 30 pound Halibut on a LIVE SARDINE! Steve was fortunate to win a trip for 2 from Randy?s Fishing Trips. Congratulations Steve!

My sister, Tracy Woods, was very lucky today. She caught her LIMIT of Halibut. In Northern California the limit is 3 fish. Her three fish weighted 16, 14, and 8 pounds. My sister is a Halibut slayer!

From Left to Right we have Tracy Woods, Charlie Pryde, Steve Hagan, and Tom Sherbondy! We had a great trip and caught some really nice sized Halibut! Conditions were optimal. In the afternoon when we really got into the big ones we were fishing in 20 to 30 feet of water! We had a great time!

Tom Sherbondy from San Diego, CA enjoyed himself and caught this nice Halibut!

Tracy Woods and two of her Halibut. These two fish weight 16 and 14 pounds. Tracy caught all three of her Halibut by using very lively SARDINES!

Today we fished for Halibut with Captain Jeremy on the Tortuga. We started up North near Pepperdine and made many drifts down the line.

Angler Jose Virgen caught this Jackpot Halibut using LIVE BAIT. This Halibut also was Joses first legal Halibut. CONGRATULATIONS!

Angler Jose Virgen had a great day catching his limit of Sand Bass and his first ever legal Halibut!

The fish were biting pretty good. We caught some shorts and then a legal would come over the rail. Heres one of them!

Adam Glascock caught this legal Halibut!