Kayak Jigging Setup for Offshore - Rockfish, Lingcod

Here's a tip:

Lings have knarly teeth.
Cabs don't really have teeth, just some really rough sandpaoer like surfaces in their mouths. And they can put some serious grip on your fingers.

Lings are long and slender, kinda snake like.
Cabs are like frog faced bowling balls with wings and a tail.

Oh, hell, my bad guys!  Looks like I kept one illegal lincod  Seriously I thought green ones are cabezons and brown one is lincod. Thank you for explaining about quantity - I thought the same way, just wanted to be sure)

Dude, you just incriminated yourself on a public forum. 

-Allen

Yeah, it's a good idea to know what you can keep BEFORE you go fishing.

Oh, hell, my bad guys!  Looks like I kept one illegal lincod  Seriously I thought green ones are cabezons and brown one is lincod. Thank you for explaining about quantity - I thought the same way, just wanted to be sure)

Dude, you just incriminated yourself on a public forum. 

-Allen

LOL

Yeah, it's a good idea to know what you can keep BEFORE you go fishing.

Rawkfish, sure I knew) I am few years in fishing and always carry Regs with me, hard copy and PDF in phone. I knew all stuff like 2 lings, 2 cabs, 12 bottoms. I just messed them up, I honestly thought that green ones are cabs and brown one is ling. Greenling, rockfishes - I have no problems with identification. But now I know, and I will take 1 ling instead of 2 next time! 

Sounds like some others chimed in with good ID advice, I'll just add that with cabezon, kelp greenling, rock greenling, and lingcod, that color is very variable.

Mistakes happen, Eugene. Not a big deal. You'll have plenty of time to learn proper fish ID and the regs in your 5-10 years in the federal pen. 

#freeEugene

Mistakes happen, Eugene. Not a big deal.

I'd think we should should a little respect towards the general sport fishing community and not make light of it.  To many people, it is a big deal.  Guys, know your regs and your fish ID.

-Allen

I'd think we should should a little respect towards the general sport fishing community and not make light of it.  To many people, it is a big deal.  Guys, know your regs and your fish ID.

-Allen

Allen, I totaly agree! I always strictly follow the regs. That time it was kinda an accident.

Sorry guys, totally forgot to share a small video about that day.

P.S: At the end it asks you to subscribe to channel, but please do not subscribe.

A little hard to tell from the photos, but that first ling looks like a blue. The fish and the meat will have a slightly blue tint. Some say it is from a diet of squid. Some say they taste better. I've never noticed a difference in taste.

Those don't look like kelp greenling, they look like female rock greenling. They are good eating too.

I don't keep my fish stringer over the side anymore after a too close encounter with a hungry harbor seal. A wet burlap sack in the hatch works nicely.

Nice video and congrats on some good eating fish.

Male kelp greenling are grayish or greenish with the light blue (sometimes almost white) "toothpaste" spots. Female kelp greenling are gray to tan to copper with dark reddish spots and yellow fins and features. Rock greenling are dark gray to black with bright red or brick-colored spots, and sometimes display the toothpaste spots as well (I don't know if it's related to gender in the rock greenling or not). They all taste about the same. (I like them, some people don't. I suspect most people overcook them as the flesh is more delicate than rockfish and lingcod.)

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/FishID/images/Hexagrammos_decagrammus.jpg

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/FishID/images/Hexagrammos_lagocephalus.jpg

EDIT: Here is a great picture of all 3 together: http://www.alpenview.com/Resources/r12074.jpg