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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Switchback on February 26, 2019, 10:14:36 AM

Title: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Switchback on February 26, 2019, 10:14:36 AM: Planning a trip to MA 2-2 (Grays Harbor) and want to make sure I understand these regs. It appears that there's no minimum size for lingcod in this area? Wanted to double check, as all the other fish species that have no minimum they clearly state "no min size", but on lingcod they don't.
There's not a statewide minimum or anything, right? It's all by marine area? So in this case there's no minimum?
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Mtnwalker on February 26, 2019, 10:25:53 AM: Yup. Trying to lower mortality and get people to keep the first 2 caught vs throwing back a bunch if i remember correctly
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Switchback on February 26, 2019, 11:27:29 AM: Awesome. Thanks!
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: lokidog on February 26, 2019, 02:15:19 PM: Quote from: Mtnwalker on February 26, 2019, 10:25:53 AM
Yup. Trying to lower mortality and get people to keep the first 2 caught vs throwing back a bunch if i remember correctly

I don't buy that. IMO it was a lobbying effort by the cattle boats to be able to keep everything they catch so no customer goes home empty handed.

A ling under 22 inches isn't worth keeping and would not be in my boat!
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Mtnwalker on February 26, 2019, 02:28:26 PM: Some might argue that the sheer amount of throwbacks on the charters led to a higher mort rate than the additional retainage of everybody getting their 2 fish but.. you could be right I honestly didn’t look that far into it
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: fishngamereaper on February 26, 2019, 02:49:41 PM: Quote from: lokidog on February 26, 2019, 02:15:19 PM
Quote from: Mtnwalker on February 26, 2019, 10:25:53 AM
Yup. Trying to lower mortality and get people to keep the first 2 caught vs throwing back a bunch if i remember correctly

I don't buy that. IMO it was a lobbying effort by the cattle boats to be able to keep everything they catch so no customer goes home empty handed.

A ling under 22 inches isn't worth keeping and would not be in my boat!

:yeah: Mortality rate on released lings is very low...

Good luck fishing switch..
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Fungunnin on February 26, 2019, 08:42:36 PM: Quote from: fishngamereaper on February 26, 2019, 02:49:41 PM
Quote from: lokidog on February 26, 2019, 02:15:19 PM
Quote from: Mtnwalker on February 26, 2019, 10:25:53 AM
Yup. Trying to lower mortality and get people to keep the first 2 caught vs throwing back a bunch if i remember correctly

I don't buy that. IMO it was a lobbying effort by the cattle boats to be able to keep everything they catch so no customer goes home empty handed.

A ling under 22 inches isn't worth keeping and would not be in my boat!

:yeah: Mortality rate on released lings is very low...

Good luck fishing switch..
Mortality rate is low on released ling but most charters won't allow you to release and keep fishing so this, in theory, would lower the total biomass harvested by forcing charter customers to harvest the first they catch.

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Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: grade-creek-rd on February 27, 2019, 09:04:03 AM: I agree with Loki...its a way for charters to keep the boat limit quicker...the times I have been on the charters they want all fish kept that is allowed, and share the wealth on the slow ride back to the dock. I made sure that when I got a larger ling that I put my # tag on it and even told the deckhand that I wanted it whole, to make sure I got my larger fish instead of a few one-meal fillets.

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Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on February 28, 2019, 09:49:15 AM: When I went on The Gold Rush I just kept the first two I caught
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: boneaddict on February 28, 2019, 10:19:49 AM: Ugly Bugger.....fish arent very pretty either. :)
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 28, 2019, 11:30:58 AM: But they sure taste good!!
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: Switchback on February 28, 2019, 12:31:44 PM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on February 28, 2019, 09:49:15 AM
When I went on The Gold Rush I just kept the first two I caught
Nice fish!!
Although that's got to be the ugliest shirt and hat combo I've ever seen in my life. (go rams!)
Title: Re: Lingcod Size Limit?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on February 28, 2019, 04:23:33 PM: Quote from: Switchback on February 28, 2019, 12:31:44 PM
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on February 28, 2019, 09:49:15 AM
When I went on The Gold Rush I just kept the first two I caught
Nice fish!!
Although that's got to be the ugliest shirt and hat combo I've ever seen in my life. (go rams!)
Greenie!