Want to catch Ling Cod? Watch this!

[@mrfixer987]

This is the best ling video I have ever watched. I out fish my buddies with only herring using a mooching rig. I need to learn how to flounder fish better because whenever I have baited up one a ling will always follow it. Last time I used a flounder the ling followed it in 80 feet of water half half the way up to the serface.

[@Spaceman_Spiff_74]

thanks for the tips! I've been catching them from shore, and from kayak in zone 4 on lighter tackle and boy are those some interesting moments getting drug around in a plastic boat! win some, lose some. you're so right about all the stuff you mentioned with live bait, and mono and them not getting hooked all the time. I love using rockfish when I can but I've tried anything from bullhead to surf perch and bass worms and they all work if there are lings around

[@lamarr85l.a96]

Dude thank you for them tips I will let you know how I do next week dame good information and I will send you pic , I fished the channel islands out of Oxnard Cisco sport fishing

[@ben3989]

We’ve been using halibut spreaders to keep the the bait leader and mainline apart. The extra hardware seems to only make it more irresistible

[@jeffvw1994]

I fish for lings and rockfish with 60 pound braid then 80 pound leader to a lure and a upper loop for a shrimp fly. Pieces of bait on both. I flirt with the bottom too much so I like something I can barely break off. My biggest lings have been hitch hikers after hooking a small fish, reel them up slow and leave them under the surface till you gaff them.

[@fishonnelson2353]

Thank you excellent presentation

[@seansimons7043]

Thanks for the advice! I’m 👌👍

[@comprehensiveoutdoorsjeffh5246]

Go get em!!

[@ecesarchavez]

Great lingcod tips 👍🏼

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

That was great information.I will file it for future reference. Thank you.

[@sjp2775]

Good stuff...Thanks!

[@comprehensiveoutdoorsjeffh5246]

Glad you found it useful!

[@lamarr85l.a96]

Good stuff thank you

[@carllindbloom7894]

Next lesson, Scott, can you demonstrate how you snap the line off of the downrigger? Is there a height requirement? Thanks

[@Nolanduke]

Question: I had a 15lb ling retreat into a hole and sit there for ten minutes before coming out and landing it. The entire ten min, all I felt were tiny headshakes, coupled with strong pulls coinciding with the swell as if I was hung up on the bottom. Still, there were headshakes - enough to convince me I had a fish on. Are there any tips for getting them out of a hole quicker? I am positive I have lost some big lings due to snapping off the line on the rocks tugging a beast out of a hole.

[@comprehensiveoutdoorsjeffh5246]

The only thing that has helped me is going with heavy gear and craning my drag down tight. You need to put maximum pressure on them for the first 10-15 feet to get them away from any holes or rocks. Don’t give em an inch! Once you get them off the bottom, then you can back the drag off.

[@ismaeljimenez6670]

Just something to let you know you’re using a spinning rod for a casting reel maybe a reason why they break?

[@395glen]

Thanks not a casting reel

[@wyatt9841]

If I use a spinning reel what size would be the best

[@cepaasch]

You lost me with the conventional reel on the spinning rod. the rod is made to bend the other way when fighting a fish. Maybe that is why you keep breaking rods?

[@lockjaw9221]

After seeing the upside down spinning rod you lost all credibility.