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Lift nets normally work best in rather shallow water

Keeping the line tight will keep the head of the fish up and help to stop the fish from sawing through the line

Remember, though, that those halibut-covered humps get more and more rare as you work your way south from the Bering Sea to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and farther down the coast toward the Oregon-California border, which means the likelihood of having to release a lot of small halibut greatly diminishes as we get into the waters where most of us happen to do most of our halibut fishing

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These are powerful enough to be used off beaches, rocks, even jetties and piers where a string of 4 mackerel need to be lifted from the water