Thanx's for the great report. Those lings are so good swimming in garlic butter!! Where ya find sea bass at? I always go to Neah bay for those. We got a 45,39 and 23 at P.A. rockpile last weekend halibut fishing.....no lings tho.

Whareabouts were you fishing in 9?

where abouts were you fishing at? and remember you cant keep rockfish

Nice sounds like fun where did you catch these sea bass anyways : ) and what did you use to catch them those are yummmy!!!!!!!

Unfortunately I cant say where in area 9 I'm fishing. Its not a very well known place, and my buddy would kill me because its his spot not mine. The sea bass we are catching dont have much size to them, only a pound or 2 and we are basically free drifting shiner perch to get them with lighter tackle. But your right, they are delish! Too bad you can keep them this year. The one thing I can say is the reason we are doing so well is because we are using live bait. That is the biggest secret. Ling cod love shiners, pile perch, sea perch, eels, candle fish ect.... They are super easy to get if your launching from a marina or near a pear. You used to be able to keep as many as you want but the limit is 15 now. You can catch shiner in mukilteo on your way out to possession or you can catch them in edmonds if you fish the pier out there which has also been great for lings this year. My buddy got a 37.5 incher that weighed in at 18.5 lbs the other day but had to let it go because of the new regs. he also landed a 41 incher at our secret spot the first day we went out. spot it had to go back.