Ling/Cod reports?

[tautog]

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.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by tautog

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.

I fear "regulations" may be placed on Ling before long... The numbers don't seem real good these days... We see them frozen in the round here in upstate NY at Wegmans .They are often labeled "Whiting" other times "hake"... So there is a commercial market.
I would not have a problem with reasonable limits on them if it would bring the numbers back up, but the netters better get limits as well.... I really hope we have a few good year classes coming up... No ling around would spell disaster for head boats... bob

[jmurr711]

$7.99-9.99 mountain trout,ling,hake here in philly Def a market for em now. Seems to be plenty in the summer but the winter linings gone

[tautog]

Recreational limits would do nothing. The two big culprits are small mesh whiting dragging and scalloping. Baby ling need scallop shells to survive and whiting draggers catch the vast majority of ling with lots of waste.