Old Giant Lingcod Picture
I always assumed that the lingcods in the pacific northwest have been gargantuan compared to those in CA for a long time, but this picture makes me think otherwise. Taken in 1900 in Cuffey's Cove (Mendocino), these look like lingcod significantly bigger than exist here today.
Anybody else have old stories, pics or insight on how common these huge fish were and what happened to them? [IMG]http://s18.postimage.org/h4i50g5vt/20121120_182441.jpg photo uploader[/IMG] |
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Dang! That is almost unbelievable. How big do you think those fish are?
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Holy cow. Im stunned. How scary would it be to plug a big one ?
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Are those real? Holy $&@!
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Id shit my suit if i saw a 6' ling swimming around.
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We Happened to them. :gun:
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I think your picture showed what happened to them.... I believe their max weight as a species is ~125lbs. A couple of those look in that class. Thanks for posting that picture, that is almost unbelievable.
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Where'd you get that pic from?
I remember seeing it posted before and could've sworn I saw it labelled as Pt.Arena. After some digging, here's the post reference: http://spearboard.com/showpost.php?p=775083&postcount=8 They're definitely big fish, but hard to truly determine size without a more objective scale. |
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not doubting that they're big Lings, but the proportions seem tough to get an accurate gauging from. When were the size regs implemented? maybe they didn't have as much discretion on the smaller ones back then. And that may create an illusion near the larger ones. They(lings) are obviously much closer to the camera than the men in the background.
Still some massive slugs. I wonder the equipment used :toast: |
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Sounds cool, is there a lot of coastal stuff? (sorry for the off-tangent questions) |
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Dude those are hogs!! Is that a vermillion on the top right?? Does anybody else see that??...................Damn!!
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