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JeffB
02-12-2015, 05:46 PM
My buddy Ed and I went out today hoping for a yellow, but it was pretty dead in LJ. We fished a cpl rockpiles pretty hard for a big rock fish on the jig. So we made a move to a spot I've been saving. I've caught a few yellows here in the past along with decent halibut and lings. 3rd drop I get doubled up deep with some big big head shakes and a little drag pulled. I knew for sure it was a yellow, but the closer I got it to the top it had me questioning. Wound up being a 40" ling, 20lb plus. The thing was a toad, had a head the size of a basketball on it. I told my buddy that if we adjusted slightly we could make fun of our slow day of fishing. Within the next hour we had 11 lings in the boats, 7 legals, 4 over 8lbs. It was good to see these guys so healthy as well. Caught a few small fries about 12-14" and even they were as fat as there bellies could get. The big one was spitting up all kinds of crab and fish. I'm sure some of them were prego as well.

My buddy was so sad today, but I told him it was good practice for 1 March. I'm ready for it to be here!
kobra
02-12-2015, 06:29 PM
Very nice lingasaurus Jeff.
Bert Vega
02-12-2015, 06:54 PM
That is a BIG ling!! :luxhello:
Amish Ed
02-12-2015, 08:20 PM
Damn!
FISH11
02-12-2015, 08:27 PM
That Ling is a Pig!
Cadillyak
02-12-2015, 08:29 PM
I thought dinosaurs were extinct. Apparently not!!
Dannowar
02-12-2015, 08:50 PM
Duuuuuuuude
blitzburgh
02-13-2015, 06:49 AM
HOLY $HIT JEFF :cheers1:
makobob
02-13-2015, 06:57 AM
Very nice ling!!
wiredantz
02-13-2015, 07:16 AM
That is one sexy ling cod!
kayakfisherman
02-13-2015, 08:39 AM
Wow beautiful fish! I'm so jealous.
addicted2sp33d
02-13-2015, 10:41 AM
:cheers1:
steveooo
02-13-2015, 11:49 AM
Woah, thats a big local ling!
Deamon
02-13-2015, 12:28 PM
Lip it like a bass Jeff. It'd be a better photo...Jim
Pinhead
02-13-2015, 12:35 PM
Nice Ling!
janines.fishtales@cox.net
02-13-2015, 12:46 PM
:you_rock:

Janine
RobFish
02-13-2015, 05:23 PM
Solid fish Jeff.
That this is a monster indeed.
Valek
02-13-2015, 10:41 PM
Very nice!!
King Saba
02-14-2015, 01:31 AM
Very nice!
FlyFishinYakr
02-14-2015, 01:49 AM
That is a BIG ling!! :luxhello:

Dang!!! :eek: ...X2 heck yeah. I didn't know Lings grew that big down south! That's something you'd expect to see up my way or in Central CA! That's something you won't see me catching on a Fly! :cool:
I'd keep those #'s close under lock 'n' key.
Congrats and just hope that fish doesn't move until rockfish season!
FFY :sifone:
Bcrossb
02-14-2015, 06:56 AM
hopes you didn't get any closer to that lip muncher, lol....:eek: