Quietman,
I like your reports. I know it's more popular down south to use lite line, but what do you think about maybe breaking out some 20lb florocarbon leader and fishing 15 or 20 main line on bait ... or using some 14 to 17lb test for swimbaits? The only reason I ask is that when I fished halibut more inshore, I had no problem getting bit on straight 20, and I mostly used 16 or 17lb test with my swimbaits. Of course I wasn't using 3" baits, but it just seems like if you're after the one that looks like a giant brown rug when it comes up, you might want to consider some beefier test :-) Good luck going for the big one. That would be really awesome to get a 20+ fish in a tube.


-Rob