Nice job! Never had any success on halibut with grubs but that's probably because I rarely fish them. I tried those wham things a couple of times but they didn't work for me. I even tried them in a "wide open" bite where I was catching short hallies left and right on the 3 inch Big Hammer then switched to the wham and nothing, switched back - game on! It could've been because the whams were quite larger than the Hammer but I'm not too anxious to try them again.

That arch rock is where I got my first legal. It was 23" and caught on a 5 inch Bleeding Olive Herring Big Hammer. I was new at fishing swimbaits and had caught a 16 incher there the day before (I still remember how excited I was). The next day I had about an hour so I ran down to the rock. There were a couple of bait fishermen there. I asked how it was going - they said slow. Ignoring their "you're not going to catch anything with that" looks on their faces I proceeded to throw the swimbait. On my third cast I feel this little tap and slam! - I'm on!! Got it in, measured it, and walked to my car. I'm pretty sure the bait fishermen were baffled.

Recipes - it may not be the healthiest but grab a box of the McCormick Beer Batter stuff, follow the instructions but mix it with Guiness, then deep fry. YUM!