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Trolling for San Francisco Bay Halibut

July 21, 2008 By JD 35 Comments

jay-lopes
While live bait drifting has always been a popular method for hooking California halibut from Baja to Oregon, trolling is really gaining a good following and its easy to see why: it allows you to cover lots of ground quickly and locate fish… plus, it’s deadly!

Here’s how to do it:
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Filed Under: Best of FishwithJD, Featured, Saltwater Tagged With: california halibut, halibut, Saltwater, saltwater fishing, san francisco bay

San Francisco Halibut fishing

May 30, 2007 By JD 2 Comments

San Francisco halibut trolling

To someone from outside the area, it may see odd that San Francisco Bay can produce some red hot fishing action for a variety of species. After all, the bay is the center piece of an immense and sprawling mega-metropolis and is surrounded on all sides by densely-packed civilization.

Despite all that, fishing remains good and, right now, California halibut are the main focus for anglers. On Wednesday, I headed down to the bay to see how the bite was going and I wasn’t disappointed…
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Filed Under: Where to fish Tagged With: california halibut, halibut, san francisco bay

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