Did Someone Say Ling?

While fishing for Halibut at the edge
of the bull kelp, around 100', I kept getting
these vicious strikes on my fresh dead squid
on the bottom. Then I kept pulling up
Lings. I kept this baby, 38" long. Just
right for the coals. Taste? Out of this world.







I found Lings at the leading edge of the current,
mixed in with bait on the bottom; and, on top of structure.
My leader needed to be changed with each ling since
it came up frayed and mauled. Between the ling's teeth
and the near-by rocks, my 40lb flour didn't stand a chance.