Lingcod

Polepole,

  Have you noticed if Circle Hooks help with Lings?  My though is to make some double hook (In line, Head and Stinger...  A rig I use exclusively for Sharks here, with few if any lost fish) rigs with large circles for my next trip to Alaska to try out....

   I going to get that 50" Trophy yet!

YotF

You know ... I don't use circles much on lings.  For 'butts yes, but when targeting lings, I just don't have confidence in them.  Also, unless I'm live baiting, I don't use bait much for them.  And a leadhead with a circle hook just doesn't seem right.

-Allen

My thought is to use an old flytying technique, and wrap lead wire around the majority of the front hooks shaft, about 3/4 of the length of the hook...  They tie a bucktail to this...

I figure with 7/0 hooks, I could get more than an ounce of lead on that thing...  Pretty good for many situations.  The tail hook would just be a Bucktail, or possibly a swimtail bait.

YotF

I'm sure it could work.  But would it work better?  I dunno..  But your post did cause me to think that a lure with bucktail (i.e. less body) may mean the lingasaur has less to hold onto, letting the jig slide through it's mouth/teeth, thus causing a better hookup.

Honestly, it hasn't been as much of an issue that I feel it necessary to make a better mousetrap ... except when fishing barbless.

-Allen

I may play with some indeas, and sned you a test...   

Barbless circle hooks, you'll rarely lose anything...

YotF

Troy! What's up brother?

Bro,

   Been busy fishing for large Sharks, Cobia and redfish down here...  Ain't going to be able to make it up your way this year, darn 20th Anniversary is trumping my plans, but I will be there next year..

   You been out catching anything in the Salt yet?

Troy

   Been busy fishing for large Sharks, Cobia and redfish down here... 

Would appreciate some pics!!!!  Not on this thread though ... start your own.   

-Allen

Thanks to all the people in this thread that support a slot limit for lings.... Please don't kill the big breeder females just for a photo and bragging rights...This also applys to Halibut, Calico Bass and many other fish... We release all the female crabs don't we?... It's so nice to see that yakers are thinkers too...The smaller fish are much better eaters as well...IMHO

my first caught 3 in one hole lost the second kept the third 30"

ling piggybacked on greenling

35 inch ling, Nor Cal

This is an old pic from a pb/camp trip I did around Ft. Bragg a few years ago, but it still gives me a chubby.

The huge ling chomped the smaller ling at the boat, and my buddy gaffed the big one & landed both.

J

sweeeeeeeeet......

Lingzilla

Those pics are motivating! Might take a Ling Kong to beat out that Lingzilla!  Hey Mooch, what's that brown monster laying over the bow on the green yak in the background of your 35# ling pic? That thing looks huge, too!