First Lings

Tried a new Sonoma shore dive spot on Sunday, seems to be less traveled because it sucks to get to.   The ocean was nice and calm, and vis was awesome, 15'-20'.  Saw a ton of abs, up to about 9.25, but I was trying to find a 10" (No Luck).  Had a sea lion take interest in me, so I decided to give him a little space.  I came across the first legal ling I've seen underwater, and slowly followed him for a bit waiting for a nice shot to line up.  As I pulled the trigger, a bigger ling I hadn't seen rushed from under me and charged the one I was targeting.  She wasn't intimidated at all, and was VERY interested in the first fish on my shooting line.  I actually had to jab a few times with my spear to back her off and get enough space to reload my gun.  I loaded both bands to be sure, and blasted a stone shot when she came at me again (Self Defense?).  At that point I didn't even care about popping any abs, and was more concerned with getting those fish back to shore before the sea lion decided they weren't mine...  Smaller fish measured to 24", the bigger was about 28.5" and way heavier.  I think I need to get a fish scale.

Congratulations on your first lings and thanks for the report!
Cheers
Nick Stone

Looks like a good spot 

Self Defense 

Was that a shore dive???

Antonio

Was that a shore dive???

It was.  I just got a Trident 13 from another member on here, (Thanks again JJ) but still need a VHF, and a few other things before taking her out.

Congrats!! Self DEFENSE   Nice shots and nice fillets! 

Nice. Gotta love that colorful ling meat.

Hell Yeah!!

Great job dude!

Congrats on the beautiful fish and thanks for sharing!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

What the hell?  Why is that fish blue?  Don't eat it!  Send it to me so I can check the DNA.




Congrats!  Nice catch!

up close and personal pics. nasty...but I like it