Fresh Dungeness Crab Turned into Chili Crab 

That sounds logical to most people at first, but it is actually far more detrimental to future populations take males out than females. Females will lay once, thousands of eggs, But the males fertilize multiple times, multiple thousands, instead of just once. And it is the males that guard the nests, you take the male out of the picture and some females may not get fertilized, and once they lay the eggs there is nothing to guard the nest. Leaving those eggs (and future populations) wide open to being eaten by anything that swims or crawls by. This is why most regulations do not limit what sex can be taken. Populations are well enough that they do not have to be picky ;)

@@nintendude1988 It doesn't just sound logical. It IS logical. Perhaps you're a younger fisherman but I remember a time when Ling numbers were so low because of severe over fishing. Preservation of a species is directly tied to ensuring there are healthy females capable of producing eggs. It takes female Ling a longer period to reach sexual maturation vs. their male counterparts. This means younger male Lings are ready to partake is reproduction faster than female Lings. In addition to reaching sexual maturity in a shorter duration male Lings are higher in numbers vs. female Ling. So, the idea that taking a female ling is preferable to taking a male Ling is rather uninformed.

@@chinaskibukowski7747 I fished all through the ling closure of the early 2000s, I remember it well. But it's been proven plenty of times here in Oregon that the over harvest of males directly related to the decline last time. It was because people targeted males specifically thinking it was better than targeting females that lead to overfishing of them and the decline in population. Females and Males mature virtually around the same time (only a year difference and 4" difference) so that argument doesn't make much sense. If it was important to leave the females be there would be a slot limit ensuring people would not keep the big females.

Keeping either sex of lingcod during mating season should probably be avoided. The Male lingcod guards the eggs, and if they are removed from their nest the entire batch of eggs will not survive. Females leave the spawning site immediately after spawning, so if you did catch a ling full of eggs it most likely hasn't had the chance to spawn, also bad. It would be best to target other species during the breeding periods or females that have laid their eggs. I think that's Matt's reasoning for letting the lingcod go, it hadn't laid its eggs yet.

This feels like a slight at take. But he means no harm by it. He's a good dude.

That sounds incredible. I'm planning to use Calvin's recipe, and I'll add mantou to the mix too!

I came to see if anybody else caught that as well😂😂

All good bro hope everything gets on the right track asap!

I’m pretty sure he’s just wearing them so his hands don’t stink

Yessss I loved it soooooo much.

PLEASE DO MORE UNDERWATER VIDEOS WHEN FISHING TOO!