How to Catch Lingcod in Puget Sound! HUGE Monster! 

Ur so right there’s not many fisher RU-vid guys out of the northwest. There’s plenty of east coast guys tho and some in so cal or tropical places

100% true, nice palm size flounder make for goooood Ling bait.

Nice

That’s gold right there,

Lots of rockfish there.... Awesome that you landed a couple lings too! Thank you for the baits!

Did you get any deer up there

Cameron Short wrong channel

Ya it does I live in bainbridge

Ha, yeah I couldn't believe what I had on the line at that point... Biggest fish I had ever fought 🎣 Thanks for enjoying!!!

Your welcome

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You can find those sand dabs on the “Hogy” website - just bought some.

Absolutely appreciate your comment. Was totally green to Lingcod fishing (first Ling actually) and we definitely got carried away measuring the fish. I've learned a lot over the last year about fish handling, (sometimes from comments here on YT), and would have liked to keep the fish in the water next time, or if needing to pull it out to measure - at least minimize the time out of water 👍 Lings are luckily hardy fish, but I still agree to handle any fish with as much care as possible. Again, thank you for caring :)

Absolutely! Got the link to them on Amazon in the video description!

Had no idea these baits existed either! Until my friend Brian pulled em out and said they should work for Lings. Guess they did 😂

🍌 😂

Thank you! I’m loving all the feedback everyone has been giving! Making these videos enjoyable and informative for my viewers is so important to me 👍

And I’d LOVE to take Gorm!

That was epic, I’ve never seen a ling that big!

Haha yeah, those little dab baits had me so fired up I just had to write an amazon review 😂

Sadly no. I've considered getting my guiding license, but I'd have a hard time turning my passion into work.... Fishing for Lings is a blast. Believe it or not, but that big one was actually the first I've ever caught. No fancy gear or boats needed. Just find rocks and have patience 🎣

Sadly no. I've considered getting my guiding license, but I'd have a hard time turning my passion into work.... Fishing for Lings is a blast. Believe it or not, but that big one was actually the first I've ever caught. No fancy gear or boats needed. Just find rocks and have patience 🎣

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Thank you Glen! We try our best! That area of the Sound is not any more calm than other spots, but it was just a perfect day out with little to no wind. Perfect conditions. Have you fished for Lingcod in the Sound before?

@@NWFishingSecrets No, I grew up in Ventura California and used to catch Lings off of the Channel Islands and off of Santa Cruz California. Love Lingcods, but I currently live in Maryland and no Lings for me!. But there is a slight chance we'll move to Tacoma in about a year.

@@glenhurtig1755 California looks like such a cool place for coastal fishing... What do you guys catch in Maryland?

@@NWFishingSecrets Striped Bass, Perch, and Blues, Crappie in the creeks, and Mahi Mahi way off the coast -- but the Chesapeake doesn't compare to Puget Sound. We are either super cold or super hot (humid). Come late October, all the boats are winterized -- it's crazy.

@@glenhurtig1755 Wow, still quite the variety of fish. We are definitely lucky here that the climate is more even throughout the year. No need to winterize if you keep your boat in the marina. Rarely get's cold enough to have to worry about it. I'd love to come catch mahi mahi sometime man!

lol never enough groaning, man... I was on a halibut charter with five other dudes last month. Everyone was super quiet while fishing, then when I hooked into a fish a groaned a little. Dude next to me commented on it, and I told him you just gotta let it all out. Makes the fight more fun. Within 15 minutes every guy on the boat was groaning loudly as they were reeling up their fish 😂

That’s all right Raymond one day you’ll catch fish and experience being super excited too 🤣

Thanks man! Still my PB 😂

Got the Amazon.com link in the video description 👍 Be warned, they sell out all the time now 😂

I don’t go that far back, the first vid I saw was the MONSTER mountain trout from July. Really glad I found this channel, it’s definitely my favorite channel on RU-vid no doubt.

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I’m sure you could but we didn’t! 🤙🏻 🎣

@@NWFishingSecrets one more question. Do you jigging on the bottom?? Or do you have to crank up 5 to 10 ft from bottom and jigging??

We just got a little lucky 🍀 🎣 Glad you enjoyed :)

There is indeed a legal slot of 26"-36" that you can keep Lings in. Different when you're spear fishing, or out in the open Pacific. And I totally agree! Cabezon & Lingcod are my favorite, followed by Halibut and Rockfish. Too bad Rockfish aren't at sustainable numbers yet in the Sound. And my full gear setup is in the video description on most of my videos, along with direct links to Amazon, so people can pick up the identical gear if they want! And thank you! While everyone makes a mistake here and there, we do try to follow the regs as well as we can, and try to educate others about them as well.

Can’t tell spots, but lots of good lingin’ areas out there! 🎣🤣 see you out there in May!

Thank you Jason! I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos! Uploading another good one today! The boats I use are from Freedom Boat Club! WAY cheaper than owning a boat. Feel free to email me for more info about the club! nwfishingsecrets@gmail.com

Thank you Alex! I mostly fish area 10! There are jetties and artificial reefs all over the place, full of Lings. I've heard of one place, where WDFW actually asked spearfishermen to come in an clean out some lings, because there were too many and they were eating too many juvenile Salmon!

Like cook up a fillet that I still have frozen? Or go catch a new one and cook it in the field??? 😆

Hey David! Puget Sound Lingcod is closed for the rest of 2019, but should be open again in early 2020. Check the regs for Lingcod in the Pacific. You might still be able to go fish for them out there. Westport Jetty is a good spot to catch some, as well as Kelp Greenling, Cabezon, and Rockfish. Just confirm in the regs. Good luck and let me know how it goes!

36" where I was fishing 🤙

Such darn good fish n chips 🤤

No way! So you're saying Cabezon and Lingcod are not related? They look so similar! But You're right, Cabezon definitely look a lot like Sculpin! Thank you!

Are you using live herring or frozen? Either way, good luck! 🎣 👊

@@NWFishingSecrets Frozen, I have never used live i wonder how good that works.

Damn! Every time I look at those teeth, I can’t help but imagine the worst. Any problems healing up?

lol in what scene?? 🤣

The fishing has been slower for Lingcod where I've been fishing (hooked but lost an even bigger monster on Monday), but I heard from several people that there is a spot south of Blake Island that has been hot. Make sure to bring license, fish descender, and pinch your barbs, cause WDFW will be out checking boats guaranteed. Last day of the season!!! I will be out with a bunch of friends as well, got any idea of what area you'll be in? FISH ON!

I have no idea where I'll be. I'm going out with Puget Sound Sportfishing at 1 in the afternoon (I would have liked morning better but they didn't have enough people).

Ahhh got it. Trolling for Coho? Caught a couple on Sunday! We’ll be trolling in the AM, then Lingcod in the afternoon

Hopefully catching something keepable and "eat-able."

@@sarathefishlander7080 True, we are somewhat limited here in the Sound on the number of species that are both "keepable and eatable." Good luck tomorrow, let me know how it goes! I hooked into a bunch of fish today in area 10, but besides big rockfish and a small shark, could not land a ling.

In the Sound? Feel free to hmu on IG

Good luck for us 😂 🐟

That would be fun to try out!

Thank you so much for this comment. You inspired me to show you all the awesome shore fishing we have! Short answer - YES!!! I'll try and get a video up on shore fishing for rockfish, lings, perch, & cabezon soon! Fish Onnn!!! 🎣

Heck yes! Thanks a ton, I do fish for crab in Westport. But have always wanted to do more sw shore fishing but haven’t known where to start :).

I'll show you all about it! :) Could be several weeks before I get those videos out, but stay tuned..... 🎣

Giant reef where we were fishing, so had the drag cranked down pretty much all the way so the fish wouldn't run into the rocks and break off 👍 🎣

@@NWFishingSecrets Check out AlanTani.com for servicing those old reels. He has them dial in.