Tillamook Head Story

Hi Guys,
I have been working my tail off getting our house ready to sell, so I haven't been fishing, but I do have a current story.

My friend Bob Rogers rode by on his bike the other day and stopped to say hi. He said he had recently been out fishing in the ocean off of Tillamook Head which is at Seaside Oregon. He and Rod another kayak angler, drug their kayaks over the rough and slimy rocks and took off for first point and second point. Bob said he had been fishing a day or two earlier and had not had much luck but this day the Ling Cod were on fire. He said he caught about 20 to 25 lings that day. He kept a limit and paddled over to where Rod was fishing to see how he was doing.

Rod said he had caught the largest Ling Cod of his life. The estimate was somewhere in the range of 25 pounds. He managed to get it up onto his kayak which is an Ocean Kayak Prowler I think. They both had been fishing with lead head jigs, bouncing them up and down off of the tops of the rocks. Rod had another hook tied onto his line above the jig a foot or so and while he was trying to subdue that huge Ling Cod that upper hook got caught in his leg. Because of being stabbed by the hook he lost the Ling Cod.

I can imagine how that must have felt. Ouch!

Well, thats it for now. I'll talk to you soon.
Cheers,
David

Nice!  David, you have to hook me up wih your buddies so they can show me the ropes down there when I come to visit.

So when the hook went into his leg, what did he do?  Other than scream!  It hurts just thinking about it.

-Allen

I did that same thing once with a big rattle trap on Mission bay, I hooked what was either  a big corbina or a small sea bass (I think corbina) brought it aboard that yak and it started to flep on me driving the hook in my leg. I un hooked the fish and watched my self bleed for a little bit until I relized what happened and paddle back to shore to cry to mama.

I will try to do that Allen. Just let me know when you will be coming and I will ask Bob about it. I am sure he would like to tell you some details about fishing here. I will find out what Rod did about the hook in his leg. I can't remember what Bob said he did.
Cheers,
David