scarce ling

[Fish Tank]

The day is coming gentlemen when u will see magic hours bergall fishing and dogfish will be game fish

[Foul Hook]

Originally Posted by Fish Tank

The day is coming gentlemen when u will see magic hours bergall fishing and dogfish will be game fish

I think it already is, know as "Philadelphia lobster" by some!

[BigBull]

The interesting thing about eating doggies is that the us government says that we should only eat one per month because dogfish hold high levels of mercury. Go figure.

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by Foul Hook

I think it already is, know as "Philadelphia lobster" by some!

your ignorance is saddening. a philly lobster is a sea raven.bergalls are just yummy

[Foul Hook]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

your ignorance is saddening. a philly lobster is a sea raven.bergalls are just yummy

My bad I was looking at the wrong score card.

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by Foul Hook

My bad I was looking at the wrong score card.

its ok i can't be upset with you cutie pie

[a/c steve]

It might be because of the run off from all the snow hopefully the cod will come in similar situation happened in 2009

[Jay]

Originally Posted by a/c steve

It might be because of the run off from all the snow hopefully the cod will come in similar situation happened in 2009

We beat them up in 2009 and 2010. Let's hope it happens this year again.

[O'Connor]

My dad and I used to love fishing them in late april-mid may @ the Cedars a couple miles off sandy hook. Big ocean winter flounder and nice sized ling. I remember flounder/ling double headers. Good memories

[Denlon]

Originally Posted by beerbelly

does anyone know why the ling r so scarce, is just a cycle there going through, or to many dog fish, or r they getting killed as by catch, its getting hard to put a decent catch together

I guess most of you guys are too young to remember the glory days of whiting and ling fishing in the 40's, 50's, and 60's.
In those days you could literally fill up a coal bag or a bushel basket with a mixture of these fish while fishing off the surf or jetties around the Long Branch area. The Long Branch Pier (Burned down around 1985) was a mecca for whiting and ling fishing when the ocean was calm and a light NW wind kept it flat. The guys literally fished 3 deep at the railings. It was a mad house out there.

Then sometime in the late 70's, I believe, the federal fisheries guys determined that this great fishery was under utilized, and that it would be both politically and financially beneficial to open up the fishery to the Russian and Eastern European factory ships. In a few years you couldn't catch a whiting or ling along the Jersey coast. They were essentially wiped out until the federal guys put a stop to it. I think they assumed the the fishery would recover without the factory ship pressure. In the 40 years since, maybe it has slightly recovered, but it never became fully restored and I don't think it ever will.

Denny