This father and son team both took turns on this fish for a tag-team victory! It was Johnathon's first halibut! Nice job Johnathon!

Here is the proud father! Fighting the 'butt after recieving the rod from his son, Johnathon!

Good Lord!!! This guy is hot! Here he is with another nice halibut!

Another nice halibut on the California Dawn! I thought that it was pretty funny when she got this quality halibut, because all the guys up the rail were saying "nice 'but!" All joking aside, she did a great job hooking and landing this fish. I hope it makes her want to come out again!

I guess that Nick wants leftovers, because he got another nice halibut for him and his girlfriend Katie. Nice job Nick!!!

A nice action shot of capt. Mike and capt. James Smith jr. helping Nick land his quality halibut!

I'm not really sure which is better at it, but between capts. James and Mike, if you hook it, they will make sure it gets on the boat! Here is Carlos' 3rd halibut, tangled with about 5 other anglers! (Don't worry, they made sure it got on the boat!)

I've said it once, I'll say it again.....I'd rather be lucky than good. This guy was more than both! Here is his hat trick! (not bad for a rookie, huh?)

Here is Helena's father, Mike, landing a MONSTER halibut! Captain James is on the net, scooping this giant!

This fish was HUGE!!! It was the largest on the boat this day, unfortunately for Mike, he did not get into the jackpot. (A lesson to be learned for all you guys!)

It was a bit breezy, but our captain James Smith jr. put us on the fish and, by golly they bit!

I gotta tell ya.....this guy was THE STICK!!! This is his 4th halibut! I think that he is my hero! Great job, Carlos!

I just want for my fish to be fresh..... I finally caught my first halibut at 3 pm. This is why the California Dawn spends so much time out in the fishing grounds during the day. The tides change at different times in different ares in the bay. Captain Smith knows where and when to fish these tides for the best results and he is not shy about spending a little extra time in an area to catch more fish!

Same fish, better(I think) picture

Here is Carlos with his 4th fish!

Captain Smith adds another tick-mark to the tally, courtesy of Carlos Zayas!

Here's another guy that likes his fish fresh! We threw on a few more fish at the end of the day. Frank kicked this fish's "butt"(pun intended) towards the end of the day.

This fish kicked my a#@#@#!!! It would not come up for anything. Eventually I managed to get the fish to the surface and Captain Smith scooped it! It turned out to be the jackpot winner as well! It came about 2 minutes before we had to head back to port.

Another picture of JP fish

Carlos was THE MAN!!!! Here he is with the 4 halibut he caught! Way to go, Carlos! (not bad for his first trip, huh?) Just remember, people, even if you have never been fishing before, you can still have the trip of a lifetime!! With an excellent crew showing you how to do it and paying close attention to the passengers(as James and Mike do) you can catch fish just like these!