Shark hook method?

I have seen shark hooks fall out ... I have seen harpoons glance off heads ... I've heard of harpoon points pulling out.
Basically anything is possible when trying to land a big halibut from a boat or kayak. I think a gun in a kayak to kill a halibut is a horrible idea! Think of how hard it is to hold your pole and a net or gaff at the same time. Now imagine if your net could kill you or sink your boat if dropped. 

I have seen shark hooks fall out ... I have seen harpoons glance off heads ... I've heard of harpoon points pulling out.
Basically anything is possible when trying to land a big halibut from a boat or kayak. I think a gun in a kayak to kill a halibut is a horrible idea! Think of how hard it is to hold your pole and a net or gaff at the same time. Now imagine if your net could kill you or sink your boat if dropped.

I have never seen or heard of a harpoon head pulling out.  I am sure it has happened.  My most recent "harpoon glancing off the head" issue I got lucky and it pretty much killed the halibut. 

I have folks here in Alaska all the time tell me all I need is a gun.  And they do love their guns here for halibut.  I do agree with Bill that at least for me, it seems like what Bill describes is more a matter of time than "if".  Lol.  I drive hours to catch a single fish.  I can wait 30 minutes with a huge halibut on a rope to fully die before I deal with it I think.  On a boat, you need to typically limit out 4 or 5 other folks so need a quick dispatch.  I don't see myself ever being in too big of a hurry to deal with a 100 pounder or better!!

Guys on boats have other people to shoot the fish and I've heard stories of guys on the boat hearing a bullet glance off an aluminum hull from someone getting over excited and shooting towards the boat. Hell Howard landed a 186 pounder without a harpoon or a shark hook.

Squirt bottle of Everclear, gills, drunk sleepy fish. 

Squirt bottle of Everclear, gills, drunk sleepy fish. 

  always the clever answer...... love it

  so much safer than a pistol.....kinda

i've heard of the everclear method before a number of times. a buddy and i tried it out on bluegill after catching about 60 of them for a fish-fry at a friend's cabin. didn't work at all. right into the gills. they actually just got livelier. maybe it doesn't work on all fish?

i've heard of the everclear method before a number of times. a buddy and i tried it out on bluegill after catching about 60 of them for a fish-fry at a friend's cabin. didn't work at all. right into the gills. they actually just got livelier. maybe it doesn't work on all fish?

Sure you didn't mixup your spritzer with their spritzer?   

I read it effects different species in different ways, like you DON'T want to try this method on a Barracuda, it makes them a mean drunk. 

Maybe try Rum or Vodka.   

after i towed in my 85lb butt, i worked up a Shark hook gaff.  my neighbor refers to it as a flying gaff, and since i havent gotten anything that big.  any of the butt i have used it on up to 30lbs just act stunned.  i slap them through the head or through the belly and pull them onboard(the boats im on) or i just use it to controll them and run a stringer through.

Mine is part of an axe handle about a foot long end is tapered to corolate to the angle of the hook.  cut a channel in the handle, filled it up with j-b weld, set the hook then electrical tapped the hook on to the handle.  set hard, took a length of line(20f) just crab line and spliced an eye though the hook.  a eye thrown in about 5ft up for a bouy, and a carabener clip on the end to secure to what ever vessel im on.  Ill try and get some pictures if anyones interested.

after i towed in my 85lb butt, i worked up a Shark hook gaff.  my neighbor refers to it as a flying gaff, and since i havent gotten anything that big.  any of the butt i have used it on up to 30lbs just act stunned.  i slap them through the head or through the belly and pull them onboard(the boats im on) or i just use it to controll them and run a stringer through.

Mine is part of an axe handle about a foot long end is tapered to corolate to the angle of the hook.  cut a channel in the handle, filled it up with j-b weld, set the hook then electrical tapped the hook on to the handle.  set hard, took a length of line(20f) just crab line and spliced an eye though the hook.  a eye thrown in about 5ft up for a bouy, and a carabener clip on the end to secure to what ever vessel im on.  Ill try and get some pictures if anyones interested.

Pic please