last chance...
I prefer to drift, I pay alot of attention to tides and how and what bottom type I am fishing. I fish the humps with sand or gravel bottoms.
I would love to catch the big one, however due to the costs of the trip I want put fish in the boat so I target certain areas, which tend to be deeper.
Most of the big Hali I have seen caught in the strait have been shallow. I have seen 100lb butts caught as shallow as 30ft in near the beach.
When I do anchor, I use an EZ-Marine retrieve system...you can see some of my system in these pics.. 300ft of braid with 10ft of chain rode
As you know Halibut are bucket mouths...here guys use around 8lb live yellowtail for butts. The bigger the bait, the bigger the butt....
fresh bait is the best, octi,squid,hog herring...ect.