RockFishin' - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Saba Slayer · 03-12-2014, 07:55 AM

Finally got a chance to get out and find some Rockfish. Between the storms and the Fred Hall Show I was kept off the water until yesterday.
I badly needed my Aqua-Therapy...2 fish each drop and I was done pretty quickly so I decided to hit one of the local wrecks for a big kicker fish to top off the limit.
I had a great hookup but it took me into the structure and I slacked the line and changed directions a few times until I got the beast to swim out.
I thought I had a big Ling as it was really heavy and fought all the way to the surface...
It was about 4 feet long and Pissed-Off, with teeth snapping.
My diver friend called it a Wolf Eel.
Fun day with some great eats...cooked the Rockfish with Macadamia nuts and Panko and a Mango-Avacado salsa...YUM!

Jim / Saba Slayer

Amish Ed · 03-12-2014, 07:58 AM

Great shots you got of the eel. Did you manage to get the hooks out?

ful-rac · 03-12-2014, 07:58 AM

Your diver friend would be right...!

A wolf EEL.

Big T · 03-12-2014, 08:05 AM

So cool!

chxh8me · 03-12-2014, 08:52 AM

I've heard wolf eels are good eating. Can anyone attest to that?

WildernessWanker · 03-12-2014, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by chxh8me

I've heard wolf eels are good eating. Can anyone attest to that?

I've heard the same thing, but am not sure I'd be cool with bringing 4 feet of ugly-toothed, snapping jaws onto my yak with me.

Big T · 03-12-2014, 08:59 AM

He looks like he was eating JUST FINE!

chxh8me · 03-12-2014, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by WildernessWanker

I've heard the same thing, but am not sure I'd be cool with bringing 4 feet of ugly-toothed, snapping jaws onto my yak with me.

Nothing a Kage/Bat beatdown wont fix.

StinkyMatt · 03-12-2014, 09:06 AM

Great post Jim.

Awesome photos of your little friend...........

Hunters Pa · 03-12-2014, 09:38 AM

I think I dated that eel's sister at some point

Nice pics and a well-earned day on the water

blitzburgh · 03-12-2014, 09:57 AM

Nice Jim!

Schmalzy88 · 03-12-2014, 10:14 AM

very nice! those guys are gnarly too. a guy pulled 2 up on the charter boat i was on a week or so ago. bit the deckhand pretty good on the finger. needless to say, he was rather upset and bloody

f'nsabiki · 03-12-2014, 10:14 AM

That looks like something that crawled out of Sigourney Weaver's stomach in Aliens. Beautiful pics

ful-rac · 03-12-2014, 11:54 AM

There was a guy on here not too long ago that ate one...and said it was good...
Never tried one...don't think I will

Bert Vega · 03-12-2014, 12:50 PM

That is a crazy looking fish.

PE.rider · 03-12-2014, 11:57 PM

Reminds me of the Eel that popped out of a sea-wreck in the 1977 movie "The Deep"... Still scares the excrement out of me!

03-12-2014, 07:55 AM	#1
Saba Slayer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palos Verdes Posts: 1,833	RockFishin' Finally got a chance to get out and find some Rockfish. Between the storms and the Fred Hall Show I was kept off the water until yesterday. I badly needed my Aqua-Therapy...2 fish each drop and I was done pretty quickly so I decided to hit one of the local wrecks for a big kicker fish to top off the limit. I had a great hookup but it took me into the structure and I slacked the line and changed directions a few times until I got the beast to swim out. I thought I had a big Ling as it was really heavy and fought all the way to the surface... It was about 4 feet long and Pissed-Off, with teeth snapping. My diver friend called it a Wolf Eel. Fun day with some great eats...cooked the Rockfish with Macadamia nuts and Panko and a Mango-Avacado salsa...YUM! Jim / Saba Slayer

03-12-2014, 07:58 AM	#2
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,903	Great shots you got of the eel. Did you manage to get the hooks out? __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

03-12-2014, 07:58 AM	#3
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Your diver friend would be right...! A wolf EEL. __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

03-12-2014, 09:57 AM	#11
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Nice Jim! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

03-12-2014, 11:54 AM	#14
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	There was a guy on here not too long ago that ate one...and said it was good... Never tried one...don't think I will __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

03-12-2014, 08:05 AM	#4
Big T Member, You Member! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lake Forest Posts: 254	So cool!

03-12-2014, 08:52 AM	#5
chxh8me Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Thousand Oaks Posts: 182	I've heard wolf eels are good eating. Can anyone attest to that?

03-12-2014, 08:59 AM	#7
Big T Member, You Member! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lake Forest Posts: 254	He looks like he was eating JUST FINE!

03-12-2014, 09:06 AM	#9
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,168	Great post Jim. Awesome photos of your little friend...........

03-12-2014, 09:38 AM	#10
Hunters Pa Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fullerton Posts: 1,358	I think I dated that eel's sister at some point Nice pics and a well-earned day on the water

03-12-2014, 10:14 AM	#12
Schmalzy88 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Bellflower, Ca. Posts: 122	very nice! those guys are gnarly too. a guy pulled 2 up on the charter boat i was on a week or so ago. bit the deckhand pretty good on the finger. needless to say, he was rather upset and bloody

03-12-2014, 10:14 AM	#13
f'nsabiki Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 304	That looks like something that crawled out of Sigourney Weaver's stomach in Aliens. Beautiful pics

03-12-2014, 12:50 PM	#15
Bert Vega Tail Chaser! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 627	That is a crazy looking fish.

03-12-2014, 11:57 PM	#16
PE.rider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: OC, CA Posts: 234	Reminds me of the Eel that popped out of a sea-wreck in the 1977 movie "The Deep"... Still scares the excrement out of me!