What stays on hook best- herring, anchovies, sardine. Hooligan??
Personally, I like salmon belly for the win, but I'm not sure that's legal. gotta research. Don't have any anyway, but there is next year, or later in the summer.
Gotta get the Rubber Ducky off the garage door frame and do some serious "sport" halibut hunting this year, if my wife quits having "ideas".
This surf fishing ain't cutting it. At least not yet.