PB Copper Rockfish

[the rockfish ninja]

I've been really experimenting on my Rockfish/Lingcod jigging. Picked up a St Croix Mojo jig rod for heavy jigs and a Trevala S rod for light tackle slow pitch and I had a decent day with the new sticks.

No monster Lings to show off, (a caught a couple short ones) but the slow pitch thing was killing the better size rockfish. They usually run in the 1-3lb range average but with a red & gold Squish jig, every fish was 2-3lbs and I latched into a 6lb personal best for that species.

Yea, I know it's not a glam sport fish like Yellowtail or Dorado but for the West Coast version of snapper, that species, it's a slug.

[Crow]

Nice !

[Ron Jones]

I love eating coppers! Nothing wrong with a sink full of fish.
The Man

[steelfish]

...... a Trevala S rod for light tackle slow pitch

Yea, I know it's not a glam sport fish like Yellowtail or Dorado but for the West Coast version of snapper, that species, it's a slug.

nice fish, they might not be glam fish for the pics but they are really fun on light tackle and even better on the frying pan

[Hardy Boy]

That is a huge Copper for sure !! We have lots of them here in BC but not many close to that size ........................ nice fish and as mentioned ...Great Eats !


Cheers:


Todd

[thorhammer]

great job, Tony!

[Fishy247]

Nice copper! They may not be "glamorous", but those coppers get GRUMPY when they get bigger! Pretty dang good eats too!

Mike