Click here to order Hali-Hypo spare head At halibut . If you talk to 100 halibut anglers who fish for halibut in Alaska or Washington you'll get several opinions on which halibut fishing tackle works best. But when it comes to catching trophy halibut in Alaska, British Columbia or Washington, halibut.net suggests halibut anglers try the following recommendations. In some locations a hook with nothing on it but bait just wastes valuable catching time. Leadhead jigs hosting a giant rubber worm or scampi also works well when repeatedly tapped alluringly on the bottom.
Size depends on depth, current and wind.
Try to use the lightest jig that stays close to vertical and on the bottom. This allows you to slowly and steadily yo-yo the jig up and down. An occasional pause followed by reeling twenty feet and then free-spooling to the bottom draws strikes when nothing else will. Often times, when my arms have grown tired, I lower my B2 Squids and Crippled Herring to the bottom, reel up 10 feet and put the rod in the rod holder with a safe, but loose drag. The simple action or drift of the boat will trigger strikes from enough salmon to cause you to temporarily forget about big B.C. butts until one bites your line.