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I think CBY just needs some work on his fish photo taking.  Or maybe he just needs a new photographer.

A nice low angle often helps.  Here's a photo of my friend Levi that I took a couple years ago at Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coats of CA.  This fish was only about 36" and 17 lbs, but it looks much bigger.

Hey Pole, what are you doing in that Hobie? 

Hey Pole, what are you doing in that Hobie? 

It's not a Hobie!!!  But it's not an OK either.  Sometimes one needs to make great sacrifices in the quest to find fish ...

-Allen

Whatever it is, it looks a little small for you Allen.  Maybe you where hoping it would make your fish look bigger.

Brian

Awe ... looks at the pretty feeshies.  CBY, bust out the greenling live bait and go for one of these.

-Allen

I caught a ten inch greenling yesterday, hooked it up on my heavy pole.Had it down for an hour and nothing, i couldn't believe a ling didn't gobble him up......Believe me, I'm tryin!!
 

A big one slammed my pole today  with one humongous hit and took my jig off and one stripped my buddy ralphs reel clean of his 12 pound test...

You guys got me chomping at the bit now.  I'm going to have to get back out their soon.  Very..Very ... nice photos..........Good job guys.

LOL, I should not have viewed this porn either. Nice fish.

You guys really got me stoked now!

A few years back i was fishing off the South Jetty at Grays Harbor with a friend, and he had on a nice rock greenling, when suddenly a big ling hit it. He nearly had a conniption fit yelling for me to scramble over with the net, as it wasn't hooked but only hanging on to the greenling by its tail.  I shouted for him to not pull the ling's head above the surface (might let go, then), and was able to net the beast. It was just over 35" long and 18lbs. The rock greenling was a biggun' as well,  a fat 15" long!

Oh yeh, and you surfers (I was one for over 35 years) taking your kids surfing is really cool. Nothing like water time together. I saw one of the local surf shop owners start his kid out by taking him out with him on his longboard when he was just a little tyke (over 20 years ago) and at first they'd belly in together with the kid on Dad's back, hanging on to dad's neck/shoulders.
That kid (Dane Perlee) became one of the top rated longboard surfers on the contest circuit. He's good, innovative, and also makes some sweet boards. He's really into shaping his own "fish" style boards. Also going retro with some cool single fin designs. A real "out of the box" thinker and natural born athlete, that kid.

But back on topic...I'm already wanting an SOT for the big water.  Lings and rockfish are just 7 miles from where I sit, along that Jetty!

Oops! Had to edit the wt. stats on my buddies' ling. I saw bsteve's photo of his 36" 17lber, so I went and dug out the snapshot of the fish in question, and I had noted on the back that it was caught in May 2004 and was 35.5" and 18lbs (not 28 lbs as I had erroneously remembered).

That kid (Dane Perlee) became one of the top rated longboard surfers on the contest circuit. He's good, innovative, and also makes some sweet boards.

Hey, I know Dane! Have surfed w/ him plenty of times in Santa Cruz. Small world....

Z

Big Al (Dane's dad) used to throw a great BBQ every year for the Westport Longboard Contest.  Those were fun times.  I had no idea that Dane had taken his surfing so far.

Speaking of toddlers getting shoulder rides in the surf.  This is my youngest when he was 3: