04/05/09 limit of Lingcod

My old friend Yakaholic contacted and said that Ling Cod season opened up on 4/1.  I thought it opened in May, but he was positive it was April so off we went. 

The weather was fantastic.  Paddling on the open ocean, with the sun shining and a slight breeze against my face was so therapeutic, but we didn't go there just for the scenery.  We wanted Fish!!!

I landed by biggest ling to date.  It put up a great fight, pulling and pulling.  In the end, I got her.  I consider myself lucky, because the mono on my rig was quite frayed.  With the closures, it's been quite a while since I've had lingcod, so I was happy as a clam.   

Here's a pic of my catch:





Stuart

Nice headshot on that bottom ling. 

Where did you guys dive?

-Brian G

Unless I have dramatically misunderstood the regs this must be one of......

1. South of Pt Conception
2. A dive report ("mono on my rig............"?)
3. An April Fool
4. A whole lot of trouble

Nice photo, Stuart.  Way to go get 'em.   

Unless I have dramatically misunderstood the regs this must be one of......

1. South of Pt Conception
2. A dive report ("mono on my rig............"?)
3. An April Fool
4. A whole lot of trouble

Its a dive report. You can see the head wound on the bottom ling.

You guys are wrong....Stu is clearly a poocher, those are gaff marks in the heads of both lings and that is not a floatline behind the boat.  

Nice job bro, when do we get a shot of the monster on the ledt thats mostly out of the pic?



 

Dang Brian,
You had to be a spoiler 

I was hoping to have a little fun, at least for a few minutes. 

Not nearly the drama that yakaholic created a few years ago at:
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,7733.0.html


Here's another, with the instrument of death in the background (Art, recognize your old shooter):



And another,


NB,
Your correct with #2 A dive report......

did that ling have that little black in its mouth when you shot it? or did you put that in yourself?

great lings.  wtg.  i'm so jealous,,,i've gotta learn to dive!

Dang Brian,
You had to be a spoiler 

I was hoping to have a little fun, at least for a few minutes. 

Not nearly the drama that yakaholic created a few years ago at:
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,7733.0.html


Here's another, with the instrument of death in the background (Art, recognize your old shooter):



And another,


NB,
Your correct with #2 A dive report......

I was just mad that I had to spend opening weekend fishing Pyramid lake and not out there getting my own lings. Might make a run next weekend weather permitting.

-Brian G

Nice Stewart, how deep were you?  You see any abs?  That would have got a few people going... 

Nice lings! 
Hey, I recognize that piece of kelp hahaha.....
Thanks for the great report+pics Stu,
PK

Ben,
The little blue was on the stringer and just happened to slide throught the lings gill.  But in one of the lings was a half digested fish (blue?).

JTF, all fish were taken in less than 50 feet of water.

Stuart

Were you guys freediving? Those are some nice fish. Congrats. The water looks absoluteley amazing.

a hook in thier mouth would be best(looking).....but any sight of them above the waterline is all good! (even if it has a long sharp metal object entering&exiting its head)
WTShoot Stew!