RPT Ocean Cove 5/10

Ling on ling is epic! Thanks for sharing! Congrats on the big catch!

It was a blast getting to be part of that fish getting caught. I'm glad I was there to lend a hand. Threemoneyj's were both definitely full!

My fishing day wasn't quite as exciting, but I had a great time. I landed two keeper lings, but they were both really skinny, and just barely keepers, so I released them hoping for a bigger bite that never happened for me. It was a slow steady pick for rockfish, but I took home 2 decent verms, a decent black, and a fat gopher. Lots of released small ones. They all tasted good last night.

I got first blood on my new kayak and made some mental rigging notes to get the boat dialed in a bit more. Also made some notes on how to streamline my gear list for that area. I haven't fished kayaks up there before, but I'm definitely looking forward to getting a bit more familiar with the area.

Awesome! Same thing happened to my brother in law last week, but he didn't know how to deal with it and the hitchhiker let go when he got it to the surface. With the two lings thrashing around at the surface it looked like a sea monster attacking his boat. Big bait for big fish, I guess.

Great account! You won't be forgetting that fish soon. And neither will the 28 incher, luckiest day if his life! He's probably telling that story right now.

Very nice. That must have been a thrill. Sounds like a good day. Congrats on the 40 inch club. Maybe I’ll get some 30 inch swim baits. 

Great report and great fish. You'll be enjoying that one for a while.

👍💪.  Fantastic fish

Great write up of the event! Thanks for sharing!

-j

Nice on drawing first blood. It makes an addiction for more!

Nice Ling! Hitchhiker on another ling = big fish Congrats and thanks for the report.

That's pretty sweet...and lucky! Looks like 25 lbs +/- 5 lbs

Wow.  Great job with the net. Way to keep your composure.

Nicely done, lingcod will let go once they come out of the water if they can, I have netted a couple lings hitching a ride on black rockfish....but but not that BIG!!

Beautiful fish !  those teeth marks are crazy!    I'm also super used to lipping a fish, I forget my net is there half the time, I don't think I would even know what to do with a gaf and a ling that big either way!

Amaze-ling! Congrats! Catch of a lifetime