Hot Lingcod Bite

Had an amazing day out with a great crew. Lingcod bite was tremendous. Had 21 lingcod in the boat within 2 1/2 hours of fishing. Also scored a likit of jice grade rockfish including a couple real nice sea trout (greenlings). Left the dock shortly after 7am and got baits down by 7:45…before we could get all 6 rods down we were already bringing fish up! This spring has been great whenever we can get out. Of course safety is top priority so we have had several cancellations and reschedules…the nature of spring fishing off the oregon coast, but we want people to have an enjoyable experience and not have to have trouble standing up! Look foreard to having more epic days out next week!!

Lingcod fishing has been so good as of late that we’re releasing lots of legal fish after we get our limit while in pursuit of our rockfish bags. We have been catching them on both jigs and bait. Light tackle when drift is slow enough, medium tackle on fast drifts with a little more weight. Our lingcod limit is now 3 fish per person so we’re currently allowed one more fish than we normally are. Take advantage of this winter opportunity to put some high quality tablefare away in your freezers and enjoy the beautiful pacific ocean!! Photos are of the last two days out. Limits for boat and crew!!

The coho salmon fishery is starting to get going for us. While they are still summer size, they seem be be a little bigger than normal this year this early. Looking forward to some days of fast action in this fishery. It can be hard to keep more than 3 rods in the water when the bite gets hot! This is a good introductory fishery for kids just getting started in salmon fishing because there's usually pretty good action.