hey pete I have a funny story about Goleta, So I was fishing out in front of the beach on thursday and I got a nice halibut. I fought it for awhile then got it up to the boat. the fish was calm so i reached down and grabbed the jig head to lift the fish, it was hooked well. I was in the process of getting the hook out when all hell broke loose. the fish flopped around a couple of time and busted the line and ended up in my lap all over the boat. I got it under controll by holding it by the gills and noticed a sound psssssssssssssssss. I now had a hole in the side of my boat and I was about 50-75 yard from the shore. I got the hook out and tried tried to measure it with a mark on my rod and it seemed to be just a little short so I threw it back. I immdeiately went back to shore. I patched the boat and it was fine for sunday. I guess I learned a lesson about Halibut that day. I ended up putting some rubber mats along the side of the boat so that this would not happen again. I'm thinking it might be easier to go to a float tube or a kayak next season.