Last day of Halibut season: I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we...

FishingCowboy Loc: Redding, California

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Very nice, congrats!

Chuckay Loc: Central Florida

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

Wow, wish our flounders got that big here in Florida..if we catch a 18-20" we call them doormats😂 good eating 🎣🎣 thanks for the pictures.

Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

Wow nice work on catching them,
Thank for sharing your catch of the day and sharing your pics 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

Graywulff Loc: Cortez,Co.

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

I can’t think that would be anything but fun. Good for you Cowboy…

Jeremy Loc: America

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

Yummy. Looks like a good sore arm day.

2bass Loc: Surprise, Arizona

That looks like a blast! Now on my bucket list! LOL
Congratulations and enjoy that flaky white meat.

DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! #1 on my bucket list to catch them 'buts out of Seward AK!

Invader100 Loc: Oakhurst, ca

Nice Matt's!! I'll have to check the reg's on where the line is because I'm pretty sure halibut is open year-round in the Santa Cruz area.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

Nice catching Cowboy! Last minute trip paid off well. Thanks for the pictures.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Nice 👍

Jarheadfishnfool Loc: Woodlake/Tulare ,Ca.

FishingCowboy wrote:

I went Halibut fishing out of Eureka, California the weekend before last. Didn’t know till a couple days before that the season would close the day after we went. Got a charter boat with Tim from Reel Steel Charters. There were 5 of us on the boat. We all got out fish! It was great although a slow start. I’m in the second picture with a 30 pounder. The first one is a 40#er and the big one weighed in at 74 #s! A great day was had by all!!!

Wow !! Beautiful Halibut Fishing Cowboy !🤙👍 Thank You for sharing your nice photos !🤙

FishingCowboy Loc: Redding, California

Invader100 wrote:

Nice Matt's!! I'll have to check the reg's on where the line is because I'm pretty sure halibut is open year-round in the Santa Cruz area.

I don’t know Invader. I understood it was the whole State. Let me know if you can find out anything.

TJA57 Loc: chino, CA

FishingCowboy wrote:

I don’t know Invader. I understood it was the whole State. Let me know if you can find out anything.

There are two types of halibut in California,
The Pacific Halibut and the California Halibut. The Pacific Halibut season just closed, the California Halibut season is year around.

The CA halibut has rounded dorsal and anal fins with a tail that protrudes in the center. The Pac halibut has pointed dorsal and anal fins giving it more of a "diamond" shape. Also the tail is concave from top to bottom. The CA version are thinner than the Pac, which are more meatier, for the same length.

The halibut in the pictures are Pacific Halibut.

FishingCowboy Loc: Redding, California

TJA57 wrote:

There are two types of halibut in California, br T... (show quote)

Yes, you are correct TJ. We were fishing Pacific Halibut. The California Halibut are inside the Harbor.

I didn’t know their season was different.