It is a Daiwa saltist 6’6” medium heavy jigging rod. Model STJ66MHFS or more simply, yes. It is a spinning rod.

The tide just started turning from low to high. Be aware of the king conservation zones. Bigger fish tend to be in the kelp line about 20 to 30 ft deep at high tide. That’s about a quarter mile offshore. There are more but smaller fish further offshore. I rarely go more than two miles out.

and I don't know what you mean by small. thats a great eater

Thanks. Life has been a little crazy but hoping I am back in the saddle again!!!

Good to see you out again! Wish I were there!

I am not aware of any Hobie rentals in Southcentral Alaska. Most halibut fishing can be done with a paddle kayak that is available. Some of the best halibut fishing is found in lower cook inlet, where you can often catch fish in 20 to 40 feet of water less than a quarter mile offshore. The tricky issue is understanding the currents in that area that can run up to 4 knots. That means while you only may be paddling a quarter to a half mile out, you will get carried several miles away from the launch point with the current, then when the current switches back, it will carry you back to the launch site. Takes a good understanding of how the currents work in that area. Seward is a great location but I would say 90% of the halibut I have caught off my kayak was in Lower Cook Inlet from the Deep Creek area to Anchor Point. You could bag check an one of the inflatable Hobies but you might as well buy one up here and try to sell it at a steep discount if you are trying to airfreight a Hobie from out of Alaska.

If you haven't seen the rest of the videos, my two largest halibut were not from Lower Cook Inlet. But all the other halibut in this playlist were from Lower Cook Inlet. kzbin.info/aero/PLlIdopvl1g-UpSEV-9GN5CfcTmJA4alNP

Fair enough. That's my son Ryu. He is in enough of my videos that most people subscribed to my channel already know him. But I agree. He definitely should get some credit!

Not only is it a blast, it can be super productive! Be safe!!!

Thanks! I was trolling for cohos so probably 5/0 and 4/0 gamakatsu big river bait hooks.

Thanks. It was a lot of fun on light tackle!

This was about 50 ft down in 150ft of water. I was trolling for salmon when I caught this fish. Halibut can be found off the bottom especially when there is bait around.

@@RudyT Very nice. Have you ever fish deeper? Say over 400 feet? I plan to fish in Haines on kayak. It's deep water 450-750 feet. I hope it's feasible.

We could have definitely used a bigger knife. Our main purpose was to bleed the halibut which the small knife actually did. Were we lucky? Sure. It’s not everyday we hook a triple digit halibut off a kayak. A fish club didn’t work any better on my other 100+ lb halibut off a kayak. A gun is too dangerous relative to the system we use and unnecessary. We have refined our kayak system over hundreds of halibut and our system works pretty well in the sense we land halibut to 45 pounds using a Barbie rod and we do not carry a club or a gun. The only failure here is we only had a bait knife. We don’t carry a harpoon and buoy set up to land the salmon we were after that day. We are always open to a better method, though my advice is if you ever hook a big halibut off a kayak, beating it with a club is typically much more dangerous than cutting the gills and letting it run on a buoy. You don’t have the leverage in a sitting position to swing hard enough or accurately enough and it pisses the fish off a lot more than bleeding it out. Also NEVER use a gaff. It is like handing an MMA fighter a club to beat you with or a device to break your wrist. Lol. Been there, and lesson learned, we don’t do that any more.

DUDE!!! SO many points i hadn't considered! Especially not having good enough leverage to club while sitting down! All in all, you landed that sea monster! Thank you for enlightening me, for i'm just a "yunn buck" who grew up in a skiff, but, never spent a single session on a kayak! I mean no offense, my comment was made from my point of view about #1, seeing that you and your partner were safe and #2, that you landed that beauty!! Awesome teamwork and even more awesome that you addressed my comment to share with me what i could see from a better perspective! Keep posting and i'll keep watching! -AWA Kake, AK

@@allweatheranglerz4152 All good and I appreciate the comments. When I initially read your post, I admit I was thinking "oh oh" another troll type post. But I share information to at least give one person's perspective on how we do this off a kayak. The posts I hate are the ones saying things like "stabbing the fish is so inhumane...poor fish." What would be tragic is killing a great fish like this and not utilizing it properly by not taking care of the fish. Bleeding the fish while still alive and in the water will bleed out the fish twice as fast and a lot more blood flows. But your post was about safety and different perspectives on that is always appreciated. We have done this quite a bit, but we definitely don't have the monopoly on good ideas. We should have had a better knife and it would have dispatched the fish faster AND safer as you pointed out. I haven't been fishing much the past few years, mainly because my son is now in High school and he has different priorities like wrestling, cars, and gals. But I own a 21ft center console and I have not started the boat up since taking on kayak fishing. I am harvester of fish, not so much a sport fisherman. I don't do much fly fishing or freshwater fishing because I think the fish are better quality in the ocean for eating and flyfishing is hard! lol. I still choose the kayak since I can go out more often especially by myself or with my kid when he was younger. I have lived in Alaska since 1971, never been to fish in Southeast AK...a bucket trip for me even though I live in this state! You are lucky! You should consider trying this out. Super fun and safe if you have the right equipment. More than once we have been out ready to fish a derby and the derby canceled because the power boats couldn't' safely get out of the harbor. We can launch from anywhere so we found a sheltered spot and were out ready to fish! At any rate, when I start talking/typing about fishing it always turns into a novel. Lot's of good info out there. You should give it a try! It can be a year round hobbie even here in Southcentral Alaska. About 5 years back I managed to run a streak of 14 consecutive months catching a king salmon off my kayak. Pretty tough here, but I bet in Southeast you would stand a much better chance. I have a bunch more videos up so take a look if you haven't already LOADS of Fun!!! Tight lines and be safe!!

Great question. He was fishing for kelp greenling to use as live bait for a big halibut. But if you look on my channel, there is another video of him pulling in a 45 pounder on a Frozen (as in Princess Elsa) rod. Lol. These kayaks are super efficient and we land halibut twice as fast as a powerboat...at least to the harpoon. Loads of fun. Just be safe!!

@@RudyT haha I think I just saw that one actually! Yeah I've read your website and been on a lot of forums doing some research for sure. Ideally, my first time (or several) will be with someone familiar with the things that happen out there, but I won't have a kayak until probably the spring at this rate. I'm in Soldotna so I'm not far from the areas you're fishing which is pretty exciting! Do you fish much for lings, flounder, cod, rockfish or are you mostly halibut and salmon? If others, maybe I just haven't gotten to those videos yet. Thanks for all your documentation and videos, too. They've been a great resource so far!

Thanks. But yah, we regret not having a larger knife to effectively dispatch and bleed this fish properly. But super important for eating quality to bleed out your fish!