Three friends from Alberta greeted me at the dock at 06:00 this morning. They were first timers with me but that did not stop them from crushing their limit in Halibut and whacking a great Chinook Salmon. A couple of the boys were Halibut virgins. It took a few minutes to start getting hits. I was trying to set up a scent trail after setting the anchor. Unfortunatly the tide was comming to a stop so the Herring scent was not working well. After 40 minutes the tide started to turn and that was the time we started to get hits.
A couple of the Halibut were of good size the biggesst being 65lbs. Sending down fresh bait every 20 minutes is the key to keeping the scent trail going. Never let your bait loose its taste. The boys had no problem cranking up their lines from 175 feet.
After the Halibut slaughter we headed to Lebo Rocks. This place can produce truly large Chinook from May to August. If you hit it right on you will be rewarded with your limit in no time. Unfortunatly today the tide was not right and the sun was very bright. Early morning is the time to get there. Tomorrow we leave the dock at 05:00 to be there at 06:20. I can feel it in my bones. Early morning is the best time to bonk big Springers. We did manage to catch one Springer close to 20 lbs.
