Lingcod

I use my huge over sized carabiner to go through the mouth and out the gill.I can pick en right up, and it locks em in .  If you keep the lings head and body just under the water you can damn near pet them ( in most cases)/ ..Or I will tail grab them. I can usually tail handle a ling up to about 40 inches.

..Or I will tail grab them. I can usually tail handle a ling up to about 40 inches.

Really? How many 40" lings have you landed from the kayak?
Pics?

what fungunnin said. i'd love to see some pics of a 40"+ caught on the yak.

Never in the yak. Ive tailed two over sizers in a Livingston. Grab em swiftly. I've never caught one that big yet on kayak, but hoping to this season

Ya good luck with that ....

BTW ... holding a large fish by the tail is a good way to break it's spine ... please don't do that to a fish you plan on releasing.

I'm sure to you  I'm just a puke that doesn't know about fishing. But I can handle a fish man. I've been fishing since I was just a young kid , for salmon and halibut , not just trout on a bobber.. .

 

Bring the halibut harpoon.  I love that one

Does anyone have any thoughts on hitting the west side of whidbey tomorrow? I am heading to ft casey for some possible ling action.Positive thoughts on this ? Also - I have never used Lancer jigs before.Does any one here use them and how so ?

Put it on send it down with some pro-cure on the jigs collar and bounce it up and down that combo catches fish for me

wilco.thanks for the input!

Trolling lancer jigs works best for me. Cast and retrieve works well on suspended rockfish.

Most important thing is get over some structure. Bigger lings like bigger bait here's my first ORC lancer that pulled two lings. That's an iPhone 4

I land my lings with a swift lift to the cockpit and a solid leg hold. 

Side note:  I wasn't talking to myself, I was talking to a very green Yakbum Fillis