Santiago: The fish took about ten minutes to bring to the net. (With slow steady preassure they come in fairly readliy, perhaps less stressfull than a huge yankfest on Spectra.)

Most of the guys on the boat were using 80 lb Spectra. I honestly do not believe that any of the fish we released were harmed in any way. Lingcod are extreamly tough fish, and unlike rockfish can be released even when caught in deep water. We got ours in water ranging from 145 to 190 feet deep. We uses Scampi Jigs.

One did lose its lunch however. My friend hooked what I beleive was the largest fish of the day. After about 30 seconds he came off, but there was still some weigh on the line. My friend reeled in a rockfsih that was partially digested. He apparently snatched it right out of the lingcods mouth.

Probably the most amazing thing we saw was a longcod that must have weighed 80 pounds, follwing a 40 pounder we had hooked.

Many of the fish we landed had fresh scars. Lingcod will often attmpt to eat fish larger than themselves. I would love to see what goes on down there.

Judging from how many we werer able to hook there must be an awful lot of them down there.