Halibut and Harpoons

if it comes up vertical and docile i grab the weight first and use a shark hook... swimming flat and it gets the stick in the guts. all cleated,, got to admit, customers like the float , makes for a good show.lol

i also use a stuff rope, has hardened plastic at one end, push through the gills and out the mouth, then tie off and bled out.
 
The Fog Ducker said:
found the vid
from Wooly
heres a perfect vid on handling larger Hali
Perfection , nice work
min 11-14-15 roughly , no buoys needed , keep the gear workin ..
awesome vid Wooly " Black Jack "
thx for sharing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-oaCaKX9oQ
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Great video on how to deal with a large hali, to measure it and release it if need be. Now I know what I'll be doing when I retire........live in B.C. and fish!!!!
 
Back when we could do the larger models in I used to use the poon a lot. There are a few good poon shots in this video. My game plan was always to "split the fin" with with harpoon and it seemed to work really well. Typically we would use an A2 sized bouy on about 20' of rope. If it was 100# or less i would just cleat it off, over 100# I would toss the bouy and let them do the jaws routine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3GuVXtfxgc
 
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mikep said:
Back when we could do the larger models in I used to use the poon a lot. There are a few good poon shots in this video. My game plan was always to "split the fin" with with harpoon and it seemed to work really well. Typically we would use an A2 sized bouy on about 20' of rope. If it was 100# or less i would just cleat it off, over 100# I would toss the bouy and let them do the jaws routine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3GuVXtfxgc
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Where exactly is "split the fin"? Seems many do the "gut shot", but wouldn't that increase the chance of parasite contamination of the good meat?
 
you split the pectoral fin with the harpoon. You go though solid meat and bone, if you get lucky you may hit the spine and shut them down quickly. I found that somtimes gut shots would rip though leaving the halibut dead and heading for the bottom..right at about 55 seconds you can see a good poon shot splitting the pec fin. I was taught this method by my buddy Matt who had put more giant halibut to the boat than any other sport guide I know.
 
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Softest part of the hali is the gut.... much greater chance of ripping a poon head out there when we were allowed to take big fish. Not so much now. As far as contamination-- no worse than when you are gutting the fish and taking it home whole.
 
Cuba Libre said:
Softest part of the hali is the gut.... much greater chance of ripping a poon head out there when we were allowed to take big fish. Not so much now. As far as contamination-- no worse than when you are gutting the fish and taking it home whole.
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This summer when we can take big fish again it will be valuable to know.
 
why would ya want ta hit the good processible meat? ,
infect the area with blood ??? ,im not gonna get into numbers , but , NEVER
has a tip pulled out on ANY of my fish with a gut shot , i aim for the higher gut towards the head,as per the vid...
again , heavy damage , usually a a major artery , shes done pretty quik
how would the the good meat get infected , parasites ,,,with a gut shot ?? or am i mis-understanding your question or comment ??
why would ya want ta hit the spine , or any other part of the fish that would risk not penetrating all the way through ,
cause the fish to go balistic ?? you could prob archive some of my pics on larger fish over the past few years
or see em on fb perhaps.. , all my gut shots ,clean exits , zero ripping

i had a misfire on a 70- 75 lb fish that hit the spine in September , she went back down to 300 feet ,
was VERY fortunate ta get it back, i was embarrassed ....burp...

a little tongue and cheak as usual lol , way i roll,,,but,,,,again,,,whatever works for you ,
lets not mislead the newbies thinkin gut shots are bad , there solid shots !!
i highly recommend it... or maybe i just have horseshoes up my butt .


perhaps larger fish , 150 plus this could be an issue , not sure..
but im gonna guess %99 of us reading this , only dream about SEEING a fish that large...
i would never kill a fish that large personally
again IMHO....m2b
im out...


fd
 
Been around for a missed poon shot or two. Only seems to happen when you hit the spine. It's really hard to get penetration all the way through the thickest, hardest part of the fish.
 
you may not have had fish pull out from gut shots, but many others have. It's not something made up, many people have seen poons pull right through guts. But it works for you have at er, I'm guessing those that have never had a problem use a float so it probably reduces the forcee poon tip. If you tie to a cleat it's nothing for a big halibut to pull it out.

If you go through the meat you aren't ruining anything, you're just putting a very small hole the meat of a very large fish. IF you wanted to trim out around the puncture hole you'd be wasting grams of fish, I'm not wasteful but it's not worth loosing a fish. Killing a fish and having it sink to the button because the poon pulled out is really wasteful.


haven't pooned a big one a while but when I do I aim for the upper shoulder, easy penetration, no chance of coming loose and nothing hard like a spine to hit.
 
Don't you know we're all doing it wrong......

Things I have to learn to do right in 2015 :)

Buy the right gear at the right store
Find a better then perfect boat in everyones eyes
Fix boats the right way
Harpoon fish the right way
Catch fish the right way
Buy swivels and other tackle the right way
Learn how to put the right hook in the water
Find a over priced reel that doesn't creep
Smoke salmon the right way
Select the right beer to serve people
Find the holy grail of places to fish and learn how to do the way everyone else does it

One day I'll do it right in everyone's eyes, but till then I'll just continue to do it my way as it seems to work
 
Well in close to 30 years of pooning hali and I dont want to even count the number I have never pulled or ripped the guts out Physics says it cant as its a lil past mid way all the power is in the head and tail they dont have much force in mid section .... I have however had poons come out from shoulder and from head before , I was taught the "right" way ...to NEVER hit em in head....

the picture of fog duckers is a PERFECT example of this !!!!!!!!!!HIT em in the guts works everytime and goes in very surprising easy

also in the guys you gave rib bones that keep it intact worse felling ever is when you hit a fish in spine or head with a "THUD' and its laying there with the poon barely in it ,,
think ill stick with nailing them in the guts thank you...

guarantee someone will post about a missed shot only to see it go back to bottom or beyond happens every year....

Good luck Wolf
 
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Great points there Wolf. Sometimes challenging to get your aim right on, but that's the sweet spot that FD posted for sure. All that stuff said, its like the saying when landing a plane..."any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." Crap happens out there, and I'm pretty sure there are few poon shots that even the most skilled guy would like to take back. :rolleyes:
 
Sculpin said:
We just haul em into the boat and beat the crap out of em :D.

Carry on........
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No freakin doubt.

poons are a mute point now.if its too big to gaff i not interested in eating it anyway.years ago when i fished for other people i'd hit them through the guts (hali not chowders:) but we let the breeders have a chance now.
I remember a couple returning to the dock once with a 118# hali they got on salmon gear and landed it with the net!
They had never caught a but before so just got it done.love it.
 
Shark hook to the gunnel, wood shampoo, haul in and lather some more if not enough

 
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