Longleader Fishery

[Keta]

I heard about long leader cod fishing when I was in Depot Bay a couple years back.

Doesn't it also have a longer season?

Guess Lings would be few and far between.

Steve

Larger bag limits,
Lings are rare longleader fishing and if you keep one on the boat you have to quit  longleader fishing.

Looks like a chili pepper.

 Redstripe Rockfish.



I also got a silvergrey.

[Crab Pot]

Larger bag limits,
Lings are rare longleader fishing and if you keep one on the boat you have to quit  longleader fishing.

That makes sense.

[Donnyboat]

good fishing Lee, thanks for posting, cheers Don.

[boon]

Interesting, I am absolutely going to adapt this technique for our local fishery. We often target a species - Tarakihi - that sits typically 20-40ft off the bottom, but in the areas we catch them if you hit the bottom you will almost instantly hook an unwanted bycatch species called a Scarpie (which are actually quite delicious but infrequently of a size worth keeping). We often use an extended trace on the sinker but not to this extent, and incorporating a float at the top to keep the rig extended seems like a good addition.

[Jim Fujitani]

Good haul!!

I can remember bags like that (for those fishers that didn't get sea sick) from trips to the farallons, 30+ years ago!  And we didn't have to drop 450'.  Of course some different species of fish...