bowman bay lings.

I went out to Bowman Bay Saturday on my brand new perception. figure I might as well learn how to use the kayak in the salt water with waves and current. I launched at Bowman Bay and paddled out to the deception island. I started in about 60 feet of water jigging point Wilson darts had a couple of hits but it is hard to set the hook in a kayak it seems like. I drifted around the island a couple of times with no solid hookups. So then I hightailed my butt over to the coffin rocks right outside of Bowman Bay. It was a great day for kayaking no wind, light tide.I fish the coffin rocks and ended up getting a couple of the fat greenling and one link card about 22 inches. wasn't the best day, it was definitely nice to learn how to kayak the salt water and get used to the waves splashing on my crotch. This weekend I am going to redeem myself and go to Cypress island or yellow Bluff reef and hook up some fat ling cod. I really enjoyed kayak fishing it was a lot of fun

I spent a couple of days in that area late last week.  For a total of about 12 hours fishing I got nada.  Fished Deception Island, Rosario Head, Northwest Island, and the rock face from Northwest Island to about 1/2 NM north.  Two hook ups, but nothing in the boat.  At one point the tide was ebbing and the water at the east side of Deception Island where the current split to go around the island was very interesting and fun. 

I spent two days there last year as well and got skunked on lings. I'm starting to think the current is off-putting to the lings. 

If I was going to go for halibut, I'd follow the 100-200' line and drift with the current with some back pedaling.

Lings love current!

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Lings love current!

+1.  Work the edges of slack water and current.  Drift from shallow to deep if possible. 

Lingcod occupy areas where there is water
movement and food is abundant. They live in
rocky locations with considerable current but
avoid muddy bottoms and stagnant water, except
that some have been observed over sandy and
mud bottoms

- (Shaw and Hassler 1989)

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lE4lPw3j6wgJ:www.nwrc.usgs.gov/wdb/pub/species_profiles/82_11-119.pdf+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

The paper is a bit dated, but I don't think lingcod have changed their life history in the meanwhile