Anyone heading over to Westport for the Halibut Opener?

[C-Money]

Just curious if anyone is heading out Sunday.

[SnakeEyes]

I am hoping too if the weather cooperates.

[C-Money]

We are going to do back to back days on the Starfire....not sure how we will hold up physically. Two days in a row on the Pacific for a couple of land lovers could put quite a strain on the body. Looking forward to some great fun! Hope the big earthquake holds off a few more days!! 

[SnakeEyes]

I will be on a friends boat. Are you going for lings and other bottom fish the second day?

[WSU]

I'll be there weather permitting.

[C-Money]

I will be on a friends boat. Are you going for lings and other bottom fish the second day?

Yes...gonna do a bottom trip wile we are over there. fingers crossed for a near shore Halibut on the bottom trip!!

[elkfins]

Count me in.

[Buzz2401]

I'll be out tuesday

[Forks]

Going for some deep water lings first then mop up on halibut with the fleet.

[C-Money]

Glad to hear folks are going out. I'm gonna try to catch some walleye Thursday so I have some scraps for crab bait when we get in Friday. Gonna hit the docks Friday afternoon, hope the dang sealions are not around.

[SkookumHntr]

-We will be out there! Prayin for good water!!

[bearpaw]

Wished I was going, good luck to all who are going!

[Come Get Some]

We will be there saturday thru tuesday. Then back to Lapush for halibut up there. We will be going out no matter what the water does.

  Epic Fishing Adventures.

[fishngamereaper]

-We will be out there! Prayin for good water!!

Better pray harder.

[Come Get Some]

Sunday is going to be pretty good. 5-6 ft swells on 11-12 seconds.. Thats 20+ knts all day long

[fishngamereaper]

Sunday is going to be pretty good. 5-6 ft swells on 11-12 seconds.. Thats 20+ knts all day long

Hope your right. My crystal ball says otherwise.

[Come Get Some]

Look at NOAA report. They are always conservative. Almost never as bad as they say.

[Elkrunner]

Sounds like a blast.  Good luck everyone.

[D-Rock425]

I'm scheduled to go out ling fishing Saturday but sounds like it may get cancelled.

[fishngamereaper]

I'm scheduled to go out ling fishing Saturday but sounds like it may get cancelled.

Saturdays forecast sucks. If they cancel its for the better.

[fishngamereaper]

Look at NOAA report. They are always conservative. Almost never as bad as they say.

NOAA, Magicseaweed and swellwatch..then I average them out.

[C-Money]

Serious! Boats may cancel on Saturday? Dang...Last year we had our halibut trip cancelled, hope we can get out this year, at least for halibut. Thats a bummer if we miss bottom fishing Saturday. What boat are you on D-Rock?

[fishngamereaper]

Serious! Boats may cancel on Saturday? Dang...Last year we had our halibut trip cancelled, hope we can get out this year, at least for halibut. Thats a bummer if we miss bottom fishing Saturday. What boat are you on D-Rock?

SaturdayNNW wind 18 to 20 kt. Mostly sunny. W swell 8 to 9 ft. Wind waves around 4 ft.
Saturday NightN wind 19 to 23 kt. Partly cloudy. W swell 7 ft. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft.

Not fun in anyone's book.

[SkookumHntr]

SUN
N WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 7 FT.

[SkookumHntr]

Not ideal but doable

[WSU]

I've looked at a few predictions and everything except NOAA is 4-6 for Sunday. 

[C-Money]

We got 4 keeper redrocks!

[Becky]

Serious! Boats may cancel on Saturday? Dang...Last year we had our halibut trip cancelled, hope we can get out this year, at least for halibut. Thats a bummer if we miss bottom fishing Saturday. What boat are you on D-Rock?

We're all going on the Slammer

Serious! Boats may cancel on Saturday? Dang...Last year we had our halibut trip cancelled, hope we can get out this year, at least for halibut. Thats a bummer if we miss bottom fishing Saturday. What boat are you on D-Rock?

SaturdayNNW wind 18 to 20 kt. Mostly sunny. W swell 8 to 9 ft. Wind waves around 4 ft.
Saturday NightN wind 19 to 23 kt. Partly cloudy. W swell 7 ft. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft.

Not fun in anyone's book.

It's always bad when I go .. I'd like to see what a calm day at sea is like.

[C-Money]

You guys going this weekend Smossys Girl?

[Becky]

You guys going this weekend Smossys Girl?

Yea we'll be w/d-rock and them

[fishngamereaper]

Good luck....hope its wrong but tomorrow looks brutal..

[C-Money]

You guys going this weekend Smossys Girl?

Yea we'll be w/d-rock and them

Very cool....

[Becky]

Good luck....hope its wrong but tomorrow looks brutal..

Well, almost half the boat was sick and puking before we even got a pole in the water. It's been pretty bad, BUT weather- wise it's gorgeous right now and our boat got it's limit of lings pretty quick  ..finishing up on rockfish now! I'm one of the un-sick hold outs so far lol *fingers crossed*.

C-money what boat you on, how's it going out there?

[WSU]

Looks like conditions are better than noaa was forecasting.

[SkookumHntr]

We got 2 butts, acouple lings and a few rockfish. Butts were 40lb and 30lb. Nice fish, water was alittle bumpy on the way back in but not horrible. Fish n chips for us!! 

[Becky]

We got 2 butts, acouple lings and a few rockfish. Butts were 40lb and 30lb. Nice fish, water was alittle bumpy on the way back in but not horrible. Fish n chips for us!! 

How far out do they go for halibut? How long were you gone? How much was it?  just curious.. I want to go.

[fishngamereaper]

We got 2 butts, acouple lings and a few rockfish. Butts were 40lb and 30lb. Nice fish, water was alittle bumpy on the way back in but not horrible. Fish n chips for us!! 

How far out do they go for halibut? How long were you gone? How much was it?  just curious.. I want to go.

The good Hali holes range from 30-40nm out. Generally its a 8-12 hour day unless you do an express trip on a 6 pack boat where on a good day your back in 5-6 hours. Prices vary by boat.

[Becky]

The good Hali holes range from 30-40nm out. Generally its a 8-12 hour day unless you do an express trip on a 6 pack boat where on a good day your back in 5-6 hours. Prices vary by boat.

Thanks for the info

We have no halibut pics in this thread yet??

[C-Money]

We had a great weekend! Fishing was fantastic. Saturday was a little rough, and 3/4 of our boat was puking on the ride out, and most of the day.I was blessed with no sickness this weekend, just pure fun! We hammered rock fish, and limited on Lings Saturday. I was excited to get my biggest ling on this trip. I got two well over 30''. Sunday, the ocean was a lot better. I let a fish eat my bait for a bit, reeled down and raised the rod...oh man! Fish on! This halibut fought like a champ! Sure did not want to come up, peeled off a good bit of line more than once. It was my goal to fight my halibut with rod in hand the whole way up. Folks kept saying put the rod in the rod holder, its easier to crank!....my battle cry was "my armpit is my rod holder!" Got him up, gaffed and in the boat. Pretty good one for WA. It appeared to be way above average and possibly the biggest on our boat. I was blessed. Boat had all its halibut by 0930 and we went and hammered Lings in 500fow. Great day! Starfire is an excellent boat and crew, one of the best in Westport for sure. I'll post a pic, but dont make fun of the look on my face with the halibut, its hard to hold a fish that big up for the camera and look cool at the same time! Also, I'm 6'3" 310lbs for reference.

[C-Money]

Halibut...

[C-Money]

Hey Smossys Girl, glad you guys had a good trip!!

[D-Rock425]

We had a good trip Saturdays I was one of the sick ones but i blame myself for staying at bar until 2 in the morning and drinking about 4 to many beers.