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There were 50 times more ling back then because most people did not want them and the draggers hadn't decimated them yet. Ling like cool water not cold water. Some warm winters, there is a decent bite, but most of the time, not much until May. Always plenty of ling July and August, just no one fished them. In the 90s we would stream out, fish one wreck all day and I would have 70 2 1/2-4 1/2lbers with a 5 to 6lber as a kicker on a partyboat with 60 people.