Whos looking for lingzilla tomorrow or Sunday?

[D-Rock425]

No bears no Ling  it's a good thing you live close to the grocery store.

[Austrian Hunter]

Ouch, that one hurt ^^^^^^

[Fishstiq]

First trip in the salt with the boat complete. No blood on the decks, but Saturday was a good trip out of Edmonds.

Does anybody have a better launch alternative? $45 just to get the boat in the water is a bit steep...

hawksfan75 - the Mukilteo should open up any time now,but its $15 now and the ramp sucks ..... Your other alternative is Everett with 10 mile rundown to Posession and I think is  $8 or &10 to launch.....

To add...

I launched at Mukilteo Saturday.  Launch fee was $10.  Of note...  the launch there is only 2 useable lanes.  The docks were built with the pilings outside each dock on either side, so you can only really use the inside of each dock or you risk smashing into the piling guards that are steel and down at the water line where you can't push off them.  Also, there is nothing between you and posession sound.  No breakwater, no nothing.  That means every wake from every boat and every wind wave comes straight into the dock, full speed, and usually right into your transom, tossing your boat around pretty heavily at times.  This can lead to a lot of hitting the dock, swamping lower transoms, etc..... 

At Edmonds, yes the sling is expensive, and watch their hours of operation!  If you wanna pull your boat and they are closed, it's not fun at all to figure out how to get boat and truck/trailer to the next useable ramp!

Everett is the cheapest launch at $8, and by far the nicest, but it is also the most used.  On a given weekend, with good weather and a good season open, the lines can be pretty long pretty early!  Personally, Everett is my local launch of choice, I just try to plan around the crowds or be patient. 

[h20hunter]

I wouldn't launch from Mukilteo if it was free for all the above mentioned reasons. Everett is the go to launch for me.

[Becky]

Few pics from Saturday, I didn't get as many as I'd of liked but I was too sketched out to have my camera out when I could barely stand up straight haha.

[Becky]

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[Ripper]

Wow you got some great pics SG! Looks like the rock fish numbers are growing in strength. Maybe, just maybe they will open it again someday for retention. Even with a 1 or 2 fish limit it would be nice. Dare to dream! Right now I'm waiting for June 1 when I can catch and sturgeon in the local waters.

[Becky]

Wow you got some great pics SG! Looks like the rock fish numbers are growing in strength. Maybe, just maybe they will open it again someday for retention. Even with a 1 or 2 fish limit it would be nice. Dare to dream! Right now I'm waiting for June 1 when I can catch and sturgeon in the local waters.

Thank you! Oh man that's all I've been hoping for, even ONE would have been awesome to keep.. considering you can keep 10(!!) off the main shores. I pulled up a pretty hefty black rock fish and it looked delicious haha.

[Goldeneye]

Wow you got some great pics SG! Looks like the rock fish numbers are growing in strength. Maybe, just maybe they will open it again someday for retention. Even with a 1 or 2 fish limit it would be nice. Dare to dream! Right now I'm waiting for June 1 when I can catch and sturgeon in the local waters.

They may open it again.  We used to have a good population but then the draggers came in force and really put a hurting on the local fish.  It's been a bunch of years since and it seems the population is rebounding finally.  Hopefully they don't come back and do it again. 

[Becky]

They may open it again.  We used to have a good population but then the draggers came in force and really put a hurting on the local fish.  It's been a bunch of years since and it seems the population is rebounding finally.  Hopefully they don't come back and do it again.

What are draggers?

[Goldeneye]

They may open it again.  We used to have a good population but then the draggers came in force and really put a hurting on the local fish.  It's been a bunch of years since and it seems the population is rebounding finally.  Hopefully they don't come back and do it again.

What are draggers?

Easiest definition.  Trawlers that take everything when they come through dragging a net on the bottom.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_trawler

[Becky]

Oh dang, ok.

[270Flat]

Well after my dads health issues were stable, we were able to make it out this last weekend. We were able to boat 5 keeper lingcod, 2 were small and one over sized. Smallest keeper was in at 29" and the biggest slid right under the slot limit at 35 1/2" (my fish). My buddy fought and threw back a pig that measured out at 43". My 5 yr was able to reel in his first legal fish . My three yr old reeled in his first flounder . Had a couple long line releases (lost fish), a couple felt huge. We also caught a few copper rock fish, which the eagles feasted on. It was a great trip!! My boys saw seals, dolphins and jelly fish. Had one fish get chomped at the tail by a seal. I will post up a few pictures in the next day or so. We didn't see any other fish caught. But sure got crowded when we hooked up . Can't wait to make it back over! Thanks Pop.

[lokidog]

Well after my dads health issues were stable, we were able to make it out this last weekend. We were able to boat 5 keeper lingcod, 2 were small and one over sized. Smallest keeper was in at 29" and the biggest slid right under the slot limit at 35 1/2" (my fish). My buddy fought and threw back a pig that measured out at 43". My 5 yr was able to reel in his first legal fish . My three yr old reeled in his first flounder . Had a couple long line releases (lost fish), a couple felt huge. We also caught a few copper rock fish, which the eagles feasted on. It was a great trip!! My boys saw seals, dolphins and jelly fish. Had one fish get chomped at the tail by a seal. I will post up a few pictures in the next day or so. We didn't see any other fish caught. But sure got crowded when we hooked up . Can't wait to make it back over! Thanks Pop.

Why are the eagles feasting on your coppers?  This is part of the problem and why they have stopped allowing us to keep rockfish in the Sound.  Please try to release them so they live.  There are lots of methods to do so, the upside down milk crate seems to be one of the easiest.

Wow you got some great pics SG! Looks like the rock fish numbers are growing in strength. Maybe, just maybe they will open it again someday for retention. Even with a 1 or 2 fish limit it would be nice. Dare to dream! Right now I'm waiting for June 1 when I can catch and sturgeon in the local waters.

They may open it again.  We used to have a good population but then the draggers came in force and really put a hurting on the local fish.  It's been a bunch of years since and it seems the population is rebounding finally.  Hopefully they don't come back and do it again. 

The problem with that idea is that the draggers have been out of the Sound for, I think, at least 25 years.  They did huge amounts of damage and their trails can still be seen on the bottom today.  Now, I think a huge part of the problem are the seals, i know that "they" say the seals don't eat many, but why then are the seals in all of the places where I catch rockfish? 

I'd be fine with even an 80 foot restriction for fishing for our one keeper rockfish if they are so worried about the canaries and yellow eye.

[270Flat]

Of course we tried to get them to swim away. Not my first rodeo... Never like to see fish or game wasted.