Today at PC: Lingzilla

Started off looking for halibut in around 200' of water. No luck after two hours so headed to the reef. I cruised around in an area I had wanted to hit and found the kind of structure I was looking for. Had some tugs in the first several minutes so I knew a ling was making hits. Then the tug was hard. The fish just swam along the bottom as if I had no control. Eventually I got it near the surface but it dove hard. It made my reel sing several times. Finally when it came into view I thought it was a cabby, because it's head was so huge, but then I got a closer look. The 31" ling looked like a baby next to this one. Lingzilla was 42" and weighed 27lbs. My full stringer was 45lbs as I stopped at three rockfish.


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Nice job!!  That is an amazing fish.  Today was a great day to be fishing PC.

what a payday out at the reef, that might be the ling of the year! we talked briefly at the cleaning station and i wish i could have seen that creature. strong work Kyle. i gotta paddle out there someday... i need pedals!

Nice fish!

It's eating haystack rock!!!

That'll make up for no halibut!

Holy cow Kyle! That's a beautiful Ling Man. I heard you on the radio this morning and thought you would be around for a while. Sorry I missed seeing that pig!


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What can I say that hasn't been said....maybe.... What the hell were you using for bait a whole intact chicken on a shark hook I'm surprised that thing didn't eat your boat. You can be proud of that fish for many years to come as a true yak achievement.

Holy ling fish batman!   How on ocean did you land that thing?

That's awesome - great catch! 

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Awesome catch!

Nominate LingZilla as the next picture of the month !

A caught this on a large lancer jig that I got at ORC a few years ago. The rubber part is rather shredded now.


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That is friggen awesome! Nice job.

A caught this on a large lancer jig that I got at ORC a few years ago. The rubber part is rather shredded now.


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Do you think?? couldn't get your kinda luck at Depoe today but I'm not complaining.