Lingcod colors??

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Originally Posted by 619-SWIM-DOG

My brother in law and I hit up the islands today and we both caught lingcods of similar size. They were both caught in the same area. The difference is mine had that nice green/teal color and his was brown. What makes them different? Is it there sex, food, ect? Thanks in advance for shedding some light on this.

From Ca. DFG

Description: The body of the lingcod is elongate, tapering and only slightly compressed. The head is elongate and conical, the mouth is large with numerous large teeth. Lingcod are generally dark brown with lots of spots and blotches on the upper part of the body, but come in a variety of colors ranging from blue green to red brown.

Sounds like you guys got the color grab bag of lingcods