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Title: 3 days spearfishing, 3 lingcod
Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 16, 2009, 05:57:17 PM: Geno and I hit the ling spearfishing hard the last 3 days. It was 3 fun days of spear fishing. Started out Saturday and I shot a decent 30" ling right off the bat. We surface and drop the ling off at the boat. Then Geno and I dropped down to 70 feet. We were diving a rock wall with some caves. We got out flashlights and started checking caves. Geno spots a huge ling in the cave. The ling went about 45-48" and heavy. He battled the whole way up like big ling do.

Sunday I could only go out in the morning and Geno could only go out in the afternoon. We decided to split up and dive separately. I took 2 tank dives and finally located a 35" ling that went 20 lbs. His orange head was way back in a cave and a long shot and some tugging got him out of his hole.

Yesterday was the last day of the season. After work we hit a dive spot and dropped down looking for ling. We tried on a longer dive to locate some but all I could find was a smaller ling to tag. Geno missed a big one that got away and passed on some smaller lings. All in all it was a decent season. Looks like I need to go to Canada if I want any more lings this year...

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/ling2.jpg)

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/ling3.jpg)

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/ling4.jpg)

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/Ling1.jpg)
Title: Re: 3 days spearfishing, 3 lingcod
Post by: bucklucky on June 16, 2009, 06:02:24 PM: SWEET!
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Post by: huntnphool on June 16, 2009, 06:03:42 PM: Nice big fish Pope, dinner time :drool:
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Post by: hogsniper on June 16, 2009, 06:03:58 PM: Thats awesome man!!! You guys killed some dandy's!!!! Congrats
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Post by: winston2789 on June 16, 2009, 06:07:42 PM: nice fish, good job guys!!!! :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on June 16, 2009, 06:11:09 PM: Quote from: hogsniper on June 16, 2009, 06:03:58 PM
Thats awesome man!!! You guys killed some dandy's!!!! Congrats
:yeah:
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Post by: Skinner on June 16, 2009, 06:11:29 PM: Awesome, fish and chips!!
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Post by: LongTatLaw on June 16, 2009, 06:14:30 PM: Hey Brother...

This is an awesome post! Im lovin' it! This is sooooo my kinda fishin'. Ive gotta get my arse certified so I can get some of that next season! Anyone that reads this post that can certify a diver PLEASE PM me! I wanna be like pope!

Great pics bro!

dave
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Post by: huntnphool on June 16, 2009, 06:15:51 PM: I think Pope is a divemaster?
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on June 16, 2009, 06:38:35 PM: Longtat, check on Ft Lewis, at the Northwest Adventure Center they certify you for around 200.00

Joe
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Post by: cohoho on June 16, 2009, 06:51:05 PM: You guys look like the coneheads.... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Great fish... too cool...
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Post by: Geno on June 16, 2009, 08:34:49 PM: We are coneheads! Must consume mass quantities of Lingcod and beer! That was tons of fun Shawn, I enjoyed diving with you. Just ate the cheeks off of the big one, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Delicious!
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Post by: huntnphool on June 16, 2009, 08:44:06 PM: Way to go Geno, that looked like fun.
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 16, 2009, 09:02:37 PM: I'm not the guy with instructor on his dive card Longtat. ;) It takes more than just getting certified and going. You gotta have some experience. It's not easy searching caves and battling big lings at 80 feet. Nobody climbs everest as their first mountain. When you shoot a big 4 foot plus ling they get pissed. They will bite and thrash you. I've had them knock my mask off and my regulator out of my mouth. It can be like ling wrestling at times. :P

Lingcod and beer are two of my favorites Geno! :brew:

I'm not done for the year. I am going to Canada for more toothy lings in about a month. Pictures to come...
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Post by: Geno on June 16, 2009, 09:21:02 PM: Count me in Shawn, I've got Ling fever! :P
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Post by: Ray on June 16, 2009, 09:24:55 PM: Now that sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on June 16, 2009, 09:29:42 PM: sweet. I still haven't found time to get out on Roosevelt for burbot but dang those ling look yummy. I better get out this weekend.
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Post by: jager on June 16, 2009, 09:38:01 PM: Sounds like fun!

Hows the visibility?

That would be kinda freaky......but very cool
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 16, 2009, 11:38:35 PM: Visibility on the surface and top 10 feet was about 5 foot. Not good. But below that it opened up and most of the weekend it was about 30 foot visibility. Not the best but very good for around here.
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Post by: JoeVon on June 17, 2009, 06:34:19 AM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on June 16, 2009, 11:38:35 PM
Visibility on the surface and top 10 feet was about 5 foot. Not good. But below that it opened up and most of the weekend it was about 30 foot visibility. Not the best but very good for around here.

Little Algae Bloom going on?

Nice Lings Guys. Looks like fun.
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Post by: SeaRun1 on June 17, 2009, 09:21:19 AM: Looks like you guys did great this weekend. Next year for sure! I can't believe I only got out once for them this year. Anyways enjoy the fish and chips! :brew:

SeaRun1