Huge thank you to lokidog for some ling and shrimp slaying!

[carpsniperg2]

I have always wanted to catch a ling and who does not love shrimp. We did a little trading awhile back and Ed invited me to do a trip with him. Ed was a amazing host and it was a blast hanging out with him and his son. We had a great time! In 3 days I think I ended up catching over 10 rock fish and 4 ling cod and 2 were legal size. We also ended up with limits of shrimp! The weather was amazing as well as the water. It was cool to see some new country in WA that I have never seen.

So thank you Ed and everyone enjoy the pic's.

[coachcw]

 

[gunnarnewt]

Looks like you had fun! 

[MLBowhunting]

Awesome

[bearhunter99]

Looks like a good time!    Every time I have went out bottom fishing people around me have caught lings but I have yet to catch one of the buggers 

[WCTaxidermy]

Very nice!

[Blacklab]

Good times  Keep rockin the hat 

[Whitpirate]

I hope to get the boat out soon for a shrimp run.

[wildweeds]

Good eats right there,Lings in my opinion are better than halibut.Ed's a good guy,pm'd with him alot about the elusive king salmon. I spent the weekend fishing in Canada at the Sidney fishing derby,my alaska tactics were on fire.

[h2ofowlr]

 

[cohoho]

Good job guys....

[Greenhorn]

Gotta love it when an Eastsider gets out on the saltwater!  Looks like a great time was had by all.

[lokidog]

Good times  Keep rockin the hat 

HA, funny, I never even noticed the hat.   

Glad you had a good time, and actually caught some fish.  I think Matt caught more than 10 rockfish though, we even had three doubles.

[RB]

Nice Lings!

[carpsniperg2]

Good times  Keep rockin the hat 

HA, funny, I never even noticed the hat.   

Glad you had a good time, and actually caught some fish.  I think Matt caught more than 10 rockfish though, we even had three doubles.

I am sure I did to but I knew I caught at least 10 Those were some pretty sweet doubles. The rock fish are cool for sure and Ed caught some monsters! 

[Whitpirate]

I wish rockfish would flourish again to have a Puget retention policy again.

[lokidog]

I wish rockfish would flourish again to have a Puget retention policy again.

The Quillbacks and Coppers are doing just fine from what I see out here.  Eliminating seals might help them do even better since I am sure they eat their share as well as compete for baitfish.

A one fish a day limit, 100 foot depth restriction, and even a minimum size of 14", or require first fish to be kept (to reduce incidental decompression mortality) would be all the state has to do to prevent impacts on the endangered rockfish.  BTW, calling the Bocaccio Rockfish endangered is ridiculous, it's like saying Eiders are endangered in WA, they were never here in large numbers in the first place.  They could make this season seperate from the ling season which would help extend fishing opportunities and positive impacts on local communities as well as keep the incidental catch at little more than what already happens during ling season.

In nine years of fishing out here, I would guess that I, and friends on my boat, have boated at least 1000 rockfish.  In all of that time, even before the lingcod depth restriction, we have caught a whopping THREE of the endangered ones.  One of these was even a juvenile, which looks different than the adult form, that the state did not, and still does not picture in the regs.

This restriction is simply the lazy way for the state to manage this fishery.   

[ribka]

Loki is a god guy! He has helped many on here

Good fishing there