California Halibut

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California Halibut, Paralichtys californicus: Caught while fishing at Puerto Lopez Mateos, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, by Mary Kira.

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California Halibut, Paralichtys californicus: Photo courtesy San Quintin Sportfishing, San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico.

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California Halibut, Paralichtys californicus: Photo courtesy Trout Traubman.

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California Halibut, Paralichtys californicus (tentative identification): caught during fishing on Sept. 24, 2005, Mike Auditore, Rocky Point (Puerto Penasco). "We had kind of a slow day, fishing 50 miles south of Rocky Point. I had three anglers with me, and we fished for about three-and-a-half hours. We caught a total of four fish. Two of the fish were real good eating Sea of Cortez Halibut. One was close to 20 pounds. The other was about 12 pounds. We caught the fish on the drift." Description and photo courtesy Mike Auditore.

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California Halibut, Paralichtys californicus (tentative identification): caught fishing on Nov. 25, 2005, by Shawn Gustafson, Chandler, Ariz., below, and John Korhonen, above, in the Sea of Cortez, about 50 miles south of Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico. "On our boat Murphy Girl, we then headed south another 40 miles and drift fished a reef in 268 feet of 74-degree water, using both live bait and cut bait. I caught a nice 15 pound California Halibut on a live mackerel and we also had two break-offs with larger fish. We decided it would be best to try drifting the rock pile instead of anchoring and then started catching nice 20 to 25 pound halibut on almost every pass using live spotted bay bass." --Description and photos courtesy Shawn Gustafson.

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California Halibut, Paralichtys californicus (tentative identification).

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