Having read about Rob's nice halibut (the recent one) I took my kayak out to Goleta Beach on 10/16. Got a later start than I wanted and was on the water at 2:00 p.m. Paddled out near the end of the pier where I saw two boats at anchor. There, I set up my rigs. Fairly strong wind had pushed me too close to the pier so by the time I was rigged up I had some paddling to do. I asked about "the stairs" and the only ones I could see or anyone knew of, were way off by IV. So I paddled looking for structure. There are small patches of kelp beyond where the lobstermen set their pots. Thinking there might be bass nearby, I dropped a green back- silver flake Wham Fisheeze on a 3/4 oz Kalin jighead. I dropped in alongside a stringer and jigged it a few times. Nada. Tried the other side of the stringer and jigged it. On the second jig, something nailed it. Seeing a sandie in my mind, I cranked to get it away from the bottom; it ran towards the kelp. I'm thinking "calico" or juvenile "seabass". On the surface, I could see it was a halibut. It measured 24 inches.<BR>Tieing off onto kelp, I tried a few other spots but no pole action. I worked my way into the near shore water but by then my drift (with no kelp to tie onto) was so fast a 1 oz jig on 12 lb line wouldn't touch bottom. I fished until 5:00 p.m. using the same jig and a brown Wham but got no other hits.