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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2007, 07:31:00 AM »
I hope them things taste better than they look.  Man those are mean lookin' critters.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2007, 07:47:09 AM »
It doesn't get much better than that as far as eating goes, at least from our waters around here...beer battered and fried...fish and chips :tup:

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2007, 08:27:35 AM »
How are the worms in those things? I heard they can be pretty bad. That's one reason I've never had much interest in catching them.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2007, 08:52:57 AM »
Its our first swap fish hunt in the makings.  Redsides/cutts cooked streamside in butter while they are flopping in the pan and curling up, versus ling or whatever them ugly things are cooked in beer batter.  :)

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2007, 08:56:48 AM »
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Redsides/cutts cooked streamside in butter
I might say this and duck, but i pretty much catch and release wild trout, and the planters i catch i don't want to eat...but us wetsiders with boats would be glad to take you eastsiders out for some lings if you want to. it closes in a couple weeks as far as i know and the carburetor for my boat is sitting in a million pieces in my shop right now :(
don't get me wrong, lings and salmon go directly to the bbq or the freezer, but the trout go back in the river.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2007, 08:58:04 AM »
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How are the worms in those things?
bob...i've only caught a few and haven't had any worm issues with them. maybe polarbear or dman could enlighten us some more on that.
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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2007, 09:28:39 AM »
No need to duck, I am almost 100% catch and release.  I say  almost because on the rare occasion when I am biviwacked out there, a couple hit the skillet.  There is nothing like 100 fish days on an Orvis 1 weight.  100 fish days are like 400 pound bears in Washington...not likely....usually is more bragging than happening...but sometimes a real occurance and when it happens its unreal!!!

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2007, 09:56:54 AM »
 Any of the bottom feeders can be wormy, though I've not seen much in the ling's we've caught. Just cook 'em real good.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2007, 11:52:18 AM »
I have found that the true cod tend to have more worms than any of them. I havent seen many in lings, not sure why.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2007, 03:12:19 PM »
 I've seen that too, also in Pollack. I think that Trues are a little more mud-bottom oriented than Lings, the worm is a form of Nematode, generally found in the mud. You do need to cook them out good, I read of a Korean man who ate raw fish that had a live one in him that caused a ton of pain...

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #25 on: May 23, 2007, 05:27:35 PM »
I have seen worms in seabass but not in anyother bottom fish yet.
We fished a new area today and it started great.  First drop i hooked up a 26 incher and had my buddy take some pics (which he did video instead of snap shot).  Released keeper thinking i would catch a bigger one.  Caught one more ling and it was undersized.  Got pic though.  My buddy hooked up 1 ling.  After that it was a rockfish derby.  Boated alot of rockfish but no monsters.  Did hook up a couple decent rockfish.  Had two break offs.  Both were probally lings. 

My second ling.

My buddies ling.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2007, 06:19:10 PM »
Looks like you had fun..





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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2007, 10:37:08 PM »
Dang
The only way I've fished for Ling is at night through the ice jiggin', and set lines.  WA state record came out of Palmer Lake, Okanogan Co.
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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2007, 10:43:26 PM »
Those ugly fish would make nice presents to my mother in law.

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Re: Finally got out
« Reply #29 on: May 24, 2007, 06:10:10 AM »
Never tried for freshwater lings. How do they taste?




 


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