So one of the two bait rigs Kain deploys in the forward area of the cockpit near the wheelhouse is a 16-pound IGFA setup, while the other is a more standard 50-pound Spectra rig. Both are laden with a disgusting ball of salmon guts. "Not only will we have a chance of catching a halibut on these rigs," say Kain, "but they also act as chum since they milk out a scent." Bobby Loomis and Ben Secrest, veterans of the Sitka halibut fishery, take a more active approach. Preferring to fish with artificial baits (well mostly artificial), they break out their secret lure rig. The rig is a combination of two of Kalin's plastic lures - a large white twin tail Scampi on a heavy (12 to 16 ounces) leadhead is topped off with an open eye Siwash hook pinched down on the bend of the hook on the leadhead. Onto this stinger hook is threaded a pink/silver flake 5-inch Kalin grub. Secrest and Loomis disagree on the final touch - a piece of salmon belly, also cut to form a split tail in position only. Ben likes to put it on the trailing hook, while Bobby opts for the bigger leadhead hook. Then, using G. Loomis SWR 90-25 rods and Shimano TLD 25 reels packed with Spectra, the pair starts working the combos around the high spot the tide is just starting to settle the boat on perfectly. Secrest sets the hook, but he's only connected with a (formerly) permanent dweller of the rock, a big, fat, brillant orange yelloweye rockfish. The next time he rears back, the fish burns some drag fiber and Secrest has to work before he gets a view of a white slab belly as the flattie makes on last dive for freedom. But the fish is soon back up and Kain and deckhand Bryce Kilponen get their hooks in the fish and a 100-pound halibut is put on board. Then it's Bobby Loomis' turn, but his fish turns out to be a lingcod.