PC Tuesday 06/08

I have the day off Tuesday. looks like possible fishing day at pacific City or crabbing at Whalen Island. Keeping an eye on the forecast for now...

been keeping an eye on that!

I'd be willing to join ya in either scenario.  I've have some crab gear that still hasn't gotten wet! and i'm always game for fishing

I've been eyeballing it - If I can make it out, it will be later in the morning (probably wouldn't make it to the beach until after 10).

I'm headed out in the early am to PC. Dropping a couple crab traps at Whalen Island on the way. Should be on the beach sometime between 8 or 8:30, depending on how long it takes to drop the traps & reload the yak. Pulling the traps after the ocean fishing. Forecast indicates improving ocean conditions as the day progresses...Actual results ,as always, may vary. Standing on the beach will decide if it is jest a crabbing trip.

MSW Forecast...

Tue
06/8      

6am    5ft    17secs    194°    12mph    NE - Offshore - 43°    Overcast    53f
     
Noon     4.5ft   17secs    194°    8mph    NNW - Onshore - 335°    Overcast    62f
     
6pm    4ft    16secs    195°    10mph    SSW - Cross/onshore - 192°    Drizzle    54f

Methinks I spy kayaks out thar!   

Some look a little too small to be dorys.

I was in bed before you posted that you were going.  Last I had looked I had seen 5' and 3' wind waves, so I spent the morning on fresh water...

Methinks I spy kayaks out thar!  

Some look a little too small to be dorys.

Yup, that's me, right where I spent the majority of my time today.

Short report before the girlfriend comes over...
1. Caught 5 black rocks, all went back except for the one who's gills got accidentally ripped out.
2. Caught my first keeper yak-ling today.
3. Had another HUGE ling on & next to the yak before either my knot failed or it chewed though the line.
3.5 I'm digging this ling cod thing!
4. No camera today.
5. Gray whale surfaced 35' in front of me on the way back in. Sphincter (mine) jest now relaxing.
6. No wind today, but LOTS of swell. I was sorry I didn't take Dramamine. First & last time without it.
7. Two keeper crabs from Whalen Island
8. Root beer scampi was the hot ling bait today.
9. easy surf launch and return today.

Yup, that's me, right where I spent the majority of my time today.

Short report before the girlfriend comes over...
1. Caught about 5 black rocks, all went back except for the one who's gills got accidentally ripped out.
2. Kept my first keeper yak-ling today.
3. Had another HUGE ling on & next to the yak before either my knot failed or it chewed though the line. I'm digging this ling cod thing!
4. No camera today.
5. Gray whale surfaced 35' in front of me on the way back in. Sphincter (mine) jest now relaxing.
6. No wind today, but LOTS of swell. I was sorry I didn't take Dramamine. First & last time without.
7. Two keeper crabs from Whalen Island
8. Root beer scampi was the hot ling bait today.

1. nice work on the blacks

2. Yea..First Ling!

3. Get used to it, Lings are like Houdini's

4. You know how porn is good because of visuals, not acting..Fish porn is the same..

5. Close encounters of the sphincter clamping kind!

6. One little pill for a few extra hours on the water, then go home and pass out...

7. Nice combo day

8. MMM...Lings love Root Beer(me too, I'm drinking one right now)

Wow! I cooked up some of the ling cod for dinner last night & was really impressed with the difference in texture & taste compared to rockfish. Yum, now I'm hooked!

Nice job Joe! You've discovered why you can but an Oregon Ling entree at local restaurants for $25-30. I don't ever freeze lings. Eat 'em fresh, freeze the rockies.

Jay

Nice job Joe! You've discovered why you can but an Oregon Ling entree at local restaurants for $25-30. I don't ever freeze lings. Eat 'em fresh, freeze the rockies.

Jay

Wonder how many midwestern folks have ever got their hands on FRESH lingcod, dungies, or razor clams for that matter? 

Unless Oregon sinks off the coast somehow, there's no way in hellnation I'd move inland any further than say the Bend/La Pine area, just because of our fresh seafood options on our coast.

Nice work there Mean Joe!   

Does freezing Lingcod ruin it?

Nice job Joe! You've discovered why you can but an Oregon Ling entree at local restaurants for $25-30. I don't ever freeze lings. Eat 'em fresh, freeze the rockies.

Jay

Wonder how many midwestern folks have ever got their hands on FRESH lingcod, dungies, or razor clams for that matter? 

Unless Oregon sinks off the coast somehow, there's no way in hellnation I'd move inland any further than say the Bend/La Pine area, just because of our fresh seafood options on our coast.

Nice work there Mean Joe!   

Even the "stuff" they sell at the local fish markets is nowhere near as good/tasty as truly self caught caught "hours old" fresh fish.  There's good, better, best and then there's exceptional.  Well prepared lingcod, only hours from the water, falls into the exceptional category in my book.  Only one way to have fish like that, catch it yourself!  Nice job Mean Joe!

Does freezing Lingcod ruin it?

No.  But like anything you freeze, quality drops the longer it lives in the big white box.  I freeze tons of ling and other rockfish.  Had a package from last fall Monday night in fish enchiladas, not as good a fresh, but still damn tasty!

* I do vacuum seal any fish headed to the freezer

I have recently started using a FoodSaver and I have to say it is amazing! I can't really notice any difference from fresh fish and fish that I've frozen anymore provided it hasn't been in the freezer for a very long time. So if you have some kind of vacuum sealer for freezing fish, it won't cause a noticable loss in quality in my opinion. Freezing can make fish not taste as good depending on how you do it. The less air that is in the bag you freeze your meat in the better.  I wouldn't go as far to say that it would "ruin" the meat, it just may not taste as good.