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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 434
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Rockfish/Lingcod 4/7/24
Hit the water at about 5am Sunday with 2 goals in mind: Get my first lingcod of the 2024 season and get limits of vermilion while the 2023 regs still apply for the Southern Management Area. Ended the day with 1 Lingcod(26.5"), 4 vermilion, 2 bocaccio and 1 Sculpin. Mission accomplished! Picked up a new Daiwa Saltiga Levelwind as a dedicated rockfishing reel and it worked great. After I got limits of Vermilion, I moved to several different locations to try to find different species, but I kept pulling them up. Used the descender to release at depth and finally called it a day after getting a couple bocaccio.
Super nice day on the water. Water temp 58. Minimal swell. Bait was easy to find. 6-8" greenbacks. A little cold offshore wind in the morning, but it cleaned up after sunrise and was dead still for several hours straight making for smooth, glassy seas. Plus I got the fish I was after. Can't complain about that! |
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#2 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Garden Grove,CA
Posts: 210
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nice work!
never had lingcod on my kayak one of my bucket list glad weather is nice, where did you fish ? |
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Sea Hunter
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Enjoy your blue....
Meat. And another good 👍 day
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
Posts: 2,643
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Thanks for sharing the detailed fishing report. After reading and feeling jealous, I'd say, that it turned out to be a perfect fishing day. Enjoy the tasty meals!
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#5 |
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Menifee, CA
Posts: 1,474
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Nice catch, I'm still working on catching both Vermillion and Ling Cod from my kayak, just gotta find them...
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So long and thanks for all the fish... |
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#6 |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Palos Verdes
Posts: 1,869
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Lingasorus
Good job on the Ling
![]() I was out today and had to drive away from a couple of spots just filled with small Reds. So sad we're going to be set at two in possession for the rest of the year soon. ![]() I guess it's not easy finding fish for a DFW count survey in this big Pacific Ocean LOL
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#7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 434
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@dorado123 Thanks! You'll get yours eventually I'm sure! One thing I've learned: They are not shy of bigger bait... On this day I was fishing in Redondo Canyon
@MITCHELL The blue fillets area always an interesting surprise. Thanks! @FISH11 Very true. There are so many days when the weather and fishing suck, it's nice when everything comes together for a change @PapaDave Thanks! They're definitely down there @Saba Slayer Thank you sir ![]() ![]() @JohnMckroidJr Thank you John! Hoping to see more of your Florida trophies soon! Also, very cool photo from '79. Wish i could have been fishing then, but I wasn't even born for another 8 years! Missed the boat on that one, both literally and figuratively haha @daperrin Definitely frustrating. Seems like when I want to find reds, I find everything else. When I want to move away from reds when I have limits, that's all I can find! |
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