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the-dark lead-head with a speckled root-beer-colored tail and dropped it straight down. We were drifting in and out of kelp and I was fishing with ten-pound test, so I had to be careful not to snag the kelp and break my line. All of a sudden I was stuck on the
bottom. I tried to feel the lure on the end of the line and pull it through the kelp when all of a sudden the bottom started moving. I had a fish, a big fish. I couldn't see it. It was down deep in the kelp so I kept pressure on and let him run. He ran a couple times but I started to get some line back. Tom was excited and shouting advice and encouragement, telling me not to "farm it" and such when we finally saw color. About eight feet down, a long, nar-
row shadow turned, saw the boat, and took off again for the deep. I thought it was a big white seabass or barracuda. I held on and let the fish work, in hopes of tiring him out. The next time he came up we saw
what we had. It was a big — in the water they look huge — halibut. The first time we saw him he was on his side; this time he came up within four feet of the boat. Tom lost his mind at this point, completely excited. I was freaking out because I knew I only had ten-pound test, and I was scared I'd break him off and lose the fish. I told Tom to grab the net to bring the fish onboard and started to freak
again. The fish was too big for our net. So I told him he'd have to gaff the fish. Halibut are notoriously hard to gaff because their heads are bony plates, and they can twist their bodies off the gaff if you’re not careful. Then Tom tells me he's never
gaffed a fish before.....what?! I tell him he can do it, to go for the body, set the gaff, and pull it up and onboard in one move. He agrees to try. Meanwhile, the fish is still fighting to get away and I'm beginning to fatigue myself. I pull the fish up and lead it toward Tom. He reaches down and stabs the fish. The fish goes crazy, comes off the gaff, and starts burning off line on a run for the bottom. I'm holding on helpless as the fish heads into the kelp and safety. Amazingly, my line holds. Another five minutes go by and I
fight the fish to the surface again. Tom is too shook to try again, so I bring the fish to the surface. I hand my rod to Tom, grab the gaff, reach over the side, set the gaff, and haul the fish up with everything I've got. The fish lands in the boat and all hell breaks loose. The fish smashes my tackle box, sends rods and gear flying, and flips my cell phone overboard. I land on my butt in the bottom of the boat getting slimed and Tom is screaming, he's so excited. We settle down, get the gear
stowed, and tie the fish in to start our run back to the dock. When we get home we weigh and measure the Halibut. It comes in at 40 inches long and 28 pounds.
— Stephen Scatolini
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