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Doesn't a Cabazon have blue meat also and turns white when cooked?
Quote from: Encore 280 on September 21, 2023, 09:00:50 PMDoesn't a Cabazon have blue meat also and turns white when cooked?Some Lingcod also.
On my bucket list to catch is a greenling. I have always thought they were a cool fish.
Quote from: duckmen1 on September 21, 2023, 09:27:16 PMOn my bucket list to catch is a greenling. I have always thought they were a cool fish.We used to catch a pile of them off the Westport jetty. Sandshrimp and slip weight. Those were kelps not rocks though I believe
Quote from: Mtnwalker on September 22, 2023, 08:48:31 AMQuote from: duckmen1 on September 21, 2023, 09:27:16 PMOn my bucket list to catch is a greenling. I have always thought they were a cool fish.We used to catch a pile of them off the Westport jetty. Sandshrimp and slip weight. Those were kelps not rocks though I believeAny greenling would be awesome to me. Have caught quite a few actual lingcod. But always thought greenlings were cool little guys. Just have to designate some time and make a trip for them sometime.
Super easy to catch, one of my favorites. Ironically, I started catching them regularly when I stopped driving around looking for kelp and fishing there. The places I catch them are the same places I target cabezon, I find them together all the time.
Pull up Navionics, scroll around your favorite waters and look for deeper areas that come up to a pinnacle 40-60' deep (100+ deep around pinnacle). Go there during slack tide and cast jigs or bounce bottom with 1 oz jig heads and the Berkley shrimp imitation. Catch cabezon and greenling, virtually nobody targets either in the places I have looked.
Quote from: duckmen1 on September 22, 2023, 09:43:48 AMQuote from: Mtnwalker on September 22, 2023, 08:48:31 AMQuote from: duckmen1 on September 21, 2023, 09:27:16 PMOn my bucket list to catch is a greenling. I have always thought they were a cool fish.We used to catch a pile of them off the Westport jetty. Sandshrimp and slip weight. Those were kelps not rocks though I believeAny greenling would be awesome to me. Have caught quite a few actual lingcod. But always thought greenlings were cool little guys. Just have to designate some time and make a trip for them sometime.I can get you into Greenling.... The current state record White-Spotted Greenling was caught on my boat two years ago. Too bad dumbash WDFW won't update their website appropriately. Tried to break it (1.0 pounds, previous was 0.6) last week but only got three that were slightly over 0.8#. Phot is my wife with one of them.
AP, just go out to Dallas Bank, Protection Island area. Lots of rocky structure in that area.
Loki (or anyone) got any pointers on what kind of areas to look for? I launch out of Sequim, and there are not a lot of rocky areas, So I may be SOL.
Quote from: Hilltop123 on October 13, 2023, 02:11:17 PMAP, just go out to Dallas Bank, Protection Island area. Lots of rocky structure in that area.Funny, That's my go to area, but I've not found much of any rock out there. There's plenty right against the island, but it's a restricted area. I'm all ears if you want to steer me in the right direction in a PM.Perhaps I need some mapping upgrades.[/quote
Quote from: Angry Perch on October 13, 2023, 03:09:38 PMQuote from: Hilltop123 on October 13, 2023, 02:11:17 PMAP, just go out to Dallas Bank, Protection Island area. Lots of rocky structure in that area.Funny, That's my go to area, but I've not found much of any rock out there. There's plenty right against the island, but it's a restricted area. I'm all ears if you want to steer me in the right direction in a PM.Perhaps I need some mapping upgrades.[/quote ,I think I need some better mapping software. I fish all over that area.
Quote from: Hilltop123 on October 13, 2023, 02:11:17 PMAP, just go out to Dallas Bank, Protection Island area. Lots of rocky structure in that area.Funny, That's my go to area, but I've not found much of any rock out there. There's plenty right against the island, but it's a restricted area. I'm all ears if you want to steer me in the right direction in a PM.Perhaps I need some mapping upgrades.[/quote ,I think I need some better mapping software. I fish all over that area.
I fish them kind of like fishing for bass in the weeds. 1-2oz ball up to a double hook setup using a small piece of a gulp worm on the bottom hook and a 2-3" gulp minnow on the top. Get in the kelp.
Quote from: lokidog on October 13, 2023, 09:43:54 PMI fish them kind of like fishing for bass in the weeds. 1-2oz ball up to a double hook setup using a small piece of a gulp worm on the bottom hook and a 2-3" gulp minnow on the top. Get in the kelp.I wonder who taught you that technique Anyways, like lokidog said ... use a high-low rig or crappie rig setup. Basically, kelp greenling have small mouths and need smaller hooks and smaller baits. They are probably in areas you have fished before for other rockfish but you didnt get any cause the baits you used were too large.
NW corner of Dallas has a pinnacle that comes up to 48 or so, I would bet my Christmas bonus there are greenling on that. I see several ok spots on the north side in general that likely hold some.I miss fishing out there, so much more laid back than the Everett shuffle.