They look better on their eggs or, battered, cooking in hot oil.SeanQ:This is a lingcod. They're not exactly the prettiest fish in the sea.
I've been chased by a few, but never bitten. But a guy I know claims they can bite through a hose.
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They look better on their eggs or, battered, cooking in hot oil.SeanQ:This is a lingcod. They're not exactly the prettiest fish in the sea.
D_O_H:This is moderately off topic, but a couple of summers ago, while fishing in Alaska, I caught what turned out to be a little kelp greenling. While I was in the process of reeling the little guy up to let him go, something gigantic hit my line. I spent the next 15 minutes or so wrestling with it and, when it finally got to the surface, it turned out to be a 40+ lb. ling cod. The cod had gulped down the greenling. The weird part was, after we gaffed him and brought him on board, he opened his mouth and spit out the greenling. No hooks in him - he could have gotten away at any time by opening his mouth - he was just far too tenacious to let his supper go that easily.
Since then, I give them plenty of space underwater.
SeanQ:This is a lingcod. They're not exactly the prettiest fish in the sea.
(FYI: That isn't me.)
Nalidixic:Haha, thats an awesome story. Are you sure its not a tall fishing tale? J/K
H2Andy:are there any small, easily intimidated fish in your neck of the woods (sort of
speak)?
that's the kind of fish i like