rogerdodger said:
hang on, where are the lingcod? lol
nice job.
You know, I didn't even try for lings. The fishing for rockfish was so good, the blacks were all caught midwater (10-15 feet down...or less), were nice sized, and with the rod I was using (light), there just didn't seem to be much chance to get a ling. Plus a limit of rockfish by 0830 meant I could retrieve my boat in the lull at the ramp after the ocean guys had pretty much all launched. There wasn't a single boat at the ramp when I took out, which for Newport, is BIG. I was by far the smallest boat I saw Monday, but being able to take a limit of rockfish out of a 14 footer and only burn a gallon of gas is kind of a reward too. Only boat at the docks was a huge zodiac with a bunch of folks in dry suits waiting to take off. I had to ask, because the ocean was dead flat, what they were doing since they looked prepared for a gale...they were going out 25 miles to look for blue whales. I've seen grays and humpbacks out there, but never a blue....that would be truly awesome. Ocean all depth bottom fishing starts Sept 1, I'll get the bigger boat out then and try west of the Pile for them then, I know there are lings around the jetties, but they tend to be small and not particularly numerous in the summer months since they don't really move inshore until the winter spawn.