Central Coast private boaters hammering halis

January 25, 2022

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Screen Shot 2022-01-25 at 12.16.42 PM — CENTRAL COAST WINTER FLATTIES – The winter halibut bite in about 100 feet of water remains solid and steady for Central Coast Fishing Charters out of Morro Bay for anglers bounce balling.

BY MERIT McCREA

MORRO BAY/AVILA — At least a couple of private boaters got out from Port San Luis Saturday and ended up on some great bounce-ball halibut fishing. Daniel Nevarez posted that his boat hooked 11, got 6 keepers and 2 shorts, dumping 3 fish.

Raymond Angel posted he’d launched at 7:30 a.m. and was back by 11:00 a.m., having boated 6 keepers and hooking 7.

The basic technique calls for slow trolling a 2- or 3-pound ball near bottom with a salmon trolling rig behind it. It’s all artificials up along the Central Coast and usually hoochies are the “bait” of choice for halibut.