Big Butts and Bass Trip 6/24 w-pics & video

[Big Drum]

Here is a report that my friend Jason wrote up about our 5 hour trip this past Sunday evening in the Santa Monica Bay.

Originally Posted by jscrib

Marty's big halibut, 44". No scale on the boat but we were thinking 35lb +.

My hockey party on Saturday night had me hurting Sunday morning. Plan was to lay on the couch and watch TV. That soon changed.

Vince was back from his camping trip and got the green light to do an afternoon trip. Plan was to target some of the halibut that have moved in recently. Joining us on Vince's boat the Big Drum was Martin aka The Looper. From the sounds of it, Saturday was bad to him too.

Got on the water around 445p. Tried to buy some bait but they were closed. Luckily there was a guy there dumping his bait so he gave us the rest. Very cool and thank you.

New for the trip was video. Martin got a new camera and the video on it is really good. Pretty funny stuff.

Set up the first drift. Three dines in the water. Vince and Martin cast out plastics and in the first drop Martin gets picked up. Turns out to be a big 44" halibut.


Video: BIG_DRUM1 - Yahoo! Video

Set up a second drift and one of the bait rods gets hit. I pulled in a nice 8-10lb halibut.



Vince after giving my fish the business end of a bat.



We move to a new spot that I thought would be good and sure enough Vince gets bit instantly. A nice 12-13lb halibut.



Then it was off to target some bass. Instant hook-up. Lots of double and a few triple hook-ups. All bass caught on BH and Bass Trix. VS lead heads.

Video of double: Big_Drum2 - Yahoo! Video

Vince catching video: BigDrum4 - Yahoo! Video

Vince with a nice bass.



Martin and a turd.



Calicock.



Double.



Fish.



Whacking bass well into the night.



Still fishing.



The pile.



Thanks again Vinnie for another epic trip. And congratualtions Martin on a very nice halibut.

[AJG]

Welcome to THT!!!

That sounds like an awesome trip!!!

One one of these day I would love to plan a trip out that way( don't know where you are at but if you're pullin' in halibut you have to be way west of me).

Thanks for the report and great pics,

Edit: Excuse my ignorance, what kind of bass/drum are those? And where are you located?

[Big Drum]

We were in the Santa Monica Bay near Los Angeles.

[auguste]

Welcome aboard THT . . . glad to have you around

Nice pics . . . nice halibut