How to Rig a Lead Head Jig for Halibut Fishing

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Jigs Catch Halibut if You Rig Them Right Here is a short video on how to rig up a lead headed jig for halibut fishing.  If you are drifting as you fish for halibut, or just tired of sitting with your bait parked on the bottom, then give jigging a try.  It might just be [...]

Halibut Fishing Puget Sound – First Trip and Lessons Learned

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I Knew Nothing About Puget Sound Halibut Fishing While the Fishing with Cliff crew has fished for a lot of things, halibut fishing Puget Sound was something we had never given a chance.  Possibly because it means traveling a good distance out from our home port in Everett, partly because the season is too short [...]

Halibut Fishing Reels

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Gearing up to go halibut fishing? Halibut fishing reels are special critters and when you are thinking of gearing up to go out halibut fishing, it is the one piece of tackle that you really need to be able to rely on.  Your halibut fishing reel is the item that will not only stop your [...]

Halibut and Ling Cod Fishing in Puget Sound

Looks like the Halibut fishing is starting out good.  Now just to get enough time to get Thomas and get the boat around into some spots where we can actually catch some! The halibut and lingcod fisheries in Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and two southern coastal ports started off on a [...]